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+# Generated by Django 5.2.8 on 2025-11-09 21:45
+
+import django.db.models.deletion
+import markdownx.models
+import tagulous.models.fields
+import tagulous.models.models
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = [
+        migrations.swappable_dependency(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name="Category",
+            fields=[
+                (
+                    "id",
+                    models.BigAutoField(
+                        auto_created=True,
+                        primary_key=True,
+                        serialize=False,
+                        verbose_name="ID",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("title", models.CharField(max_length=40, unique=True)),
+                ("slug", models.SlugField(max_length=40, unique=True)),
+            ],
+            options={
+                "ordering": ["title"],
+            },
+        ),
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name="Tagulous_NewsItem_tags",
+            fields=[
+                (
+                    "id",
+                    models.BigAutoField(
+                        auto_created=True,
+                        primary_key=True,
+                        serialize=False,
+                        verbose_name="ID",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("name", models.CharField(max_length=255, unique=True)),
+                ("slug", models.SlugField()),
+                (
+                    "count",
+                    models.IntegerField(
+                        default=0,
+                        help_text="Internal counter of how many times this tag is in use",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "protected",
+                    models.BooleanField(
+                        default=False,
+                        help_text="Will not be deleted when the count reaches 0",
+                    ),
+                ),
+            ],
+            options={
+                "ordering": ("name",),
+                "abstract": False,
+                "unique_together": {("slug",)},
+            },
+            bases=(tagulous.models.models.BaseTagModel, models.Model),
+        ),
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name="NewsItem",
+            fields=[
+                (
+                    "id",
+                    models.BigAutoField(
+                        auto_created=True,
+                        primary_key=True,
+                        serialize=False,
+                        verbose_name="ID",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("title", models.CharField(max_length=200)),
+                ("slug", models.SlugField(max_length=200, unique=True)),
+                ("body", markdownx.models.MarkdownxField()),
+                ("origin_link", models.URLField(blank=True, null=True)),
+                ("origin_times_followed", models.PositiveIntegerField()),
+                ("header_img", models.ImageField(blank=True, null=True, upload_to="")),
+                ("created_at", models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)),
+                ("is_published", models.BooleanField(default=False)),
+                ("is_featured", models.BooleanField(default=False)),
+                (
+                    "category",
+                    models.ForeignKey(
+                        on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.PROTECT,
+                        related_name="news_items",
+                        to="news.category",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "owner",
+                    models.ForeignKey(
+                        on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
+                        related_name="news_items",
+                        to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL,
+                    ),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "tags",
+                    tagulous.models.fields.TagField(
+                        _set_tag_meta=True,
+                        force_lowercase=True,
+                        help_text="Enter a comma-separated tag string",
+                        to="news.tagulous_newsitem_tags",
+                    ),
+                ),
+            ],
+            options={
+                "ordering": ["-created_at"],
+            },
+        ),
+    ]