add article date field

hub/services/admin/articles.py

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class ArticleAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
         "image_preview",
         "is_published",
         "is_featured",
-        "created_at",
+        "article_date",
     )
     list_filter = (
         "is_published",
@@ -54,11 +54,12 @@ class ArticleAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
         "related_service",
         "related_consulting_partner",
         "related_cloud_provider",
-        "created_at",
+        "article_date",
     )
     search_fields = ("title", "excerpt", "content", "meta_keywords")
     prepopulated_fields = {"slug": ("title",)}
     readonly_fields = ("created_at", "updated_at")
+    ordering = ("-article_date",)
 
     def image_preview(self, obj):
         """Display image preview in admin list view"""

hub/services/migrations/0039_article_article_date.py

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2 on 2025-07-04 13:48
+
+import django.utils.timezone
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("services", "0038_add_plan_ordering_and_best"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="article",
+            name="article_date",
+            field=models.DateField(
+                default=django.utils.timezone.now,
+                help_text="Date of the article publishing",
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]

hub/services/models/articles.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.text import slugify
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django_prose_editor.fields import ProseEditorField
+from django.utils import timezone
 from .base import validate_image_size
 from .services import Service
 from .providers import CloudProvider, ConsultingPartner
@@ -23,6 +24,9 @@ class Article(models.Model):
         help_text="Title picture for the article",
     )
     author = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name="articles")
+    article_date = models.DateField(
+        default=timezone.now, help_text="Date of the article publishing"
+    )
 
     # Relations to other models
     related_service = models.ForeignKey(

hub/services/templates/services/article_detail.html

@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@
                 <div class="d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center gap-3 text-sm">
                     <span>By {{ article.author.get_full_name|default:article.author.username }}</span>
                     <span>•</span>
-                    <span>{{ article.created_at|date:"M d, Y" }}</span>
-                    {% if article.updated_at != article.created_at %}
-                    {% endif %}
+                    <span>{{ article.article_date|date:"M d, Y" }}</span>
                 </div>
             </div>
         </header>

hub/services/templates/services/article_list.html

@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
                                             By {{ article.author.get_full_name|default:article.author.username }}
                                         </span>
                                         <span class="text-muted ms-2">
-                                            {{ article.created_at|date:"M d, Y" }}
+                                            {{ article.article_date|date:"M d, Y" }}
                                         </span>
                                     </p>
                                 </div>

hub/services/views/articles.py

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def article_list(request):
     # Order articles: featured first, then by creation date (newest first)
     articles = articles.order_by(
         "-is_featured",  # Featured first (True before False)
-        "-created_at",   # Newest first
+        "-article_date",  # Newest first
     )
 
     # Create base querysets for each filter type that apply all OTHER current filters
@@ -137,15 +137,13 @@ def article_detail(request, slug):
             "author",
             "related_service",
             "related_consulting_partner",
-            "related_cloud_provider"
+            "related_cloud_provider",
         ).filter(is_published=True),
         slug=slug,
     )
 
     # Get related articles (same service, partner, or provider)
-    related_articles = Article.objects.filter(
-        is_published=True
-    ).exclude(id=article.id)
+    related_articles = Article.objects.filter(is_published=True).exclude(id=article.id)
 
     if article.related_service:
         related_articles = related_articles.filter(
@@ -164,10 +162,10 @@ def article_detail(request, slug):
         related_articles = related_articles.filter(
             related_service__isnull=True,
             related_consulting_partner__isnull=True,
-            related_cloud_provider__isnull=True
+            related_cloud_provider__isnull=True,
         )
 
-    related_articles = related_articles.order_by("-created_at")[:3]
+    related_articles = related_articles.order_by("-article_date")[:3]
 
     context = {
         "article": article,