django-cms page form customized

django-cms custom page form admin.py

from django.contrib import admin
from django import forms
from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
from cms.models import Page
from cms.admin.forms import PageForm
from cms.admin.pageadmin import PageAdmin


class CustomPageForm(PageForm):
    page_title = forms.CharField(label=_("Title Tag"), widget=forms.TextInput(),
                                 help_text=_('Overwrites what is displayed at the top of your '
                                             'browser or in bookmarks'),
                                 required=False)

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(CustomPageForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self.fields['menu_title'].widget = forms.HiddenInput()


class CustomPageAdmin(PageAdmin):
    def get_form_class(self, request, obj=None, **kwargs):
        form_class = super(CustomPageAdmin, self).get_form_class(request, obj, **kwargs)
        if form_class == self.form:
            form_class = CustomPageForm
        return form_class

admin.site.unregister(Page)
admin.site.register(Page, CustomPageAdmin)

note to self: in INSTALLED_APPS, cms must be before your app containing this admin.py. this means you can nomore override cms menu templates - but specify them explicitly in the menu tags.