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longs/models.py

@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ class Long(models.Model):
         authors = ", ".join([i.username for i in self.author.all()])
         return authors
 
+    def get_author_objects(self):
+        """Returns a comma seperated text list of authors"""
+        authors = [i for i in self.author.all()]
+        return authors
+
     def __str__(self):
         examinations = [series.get_examination() for series in self.series.all()]
         return "{} : {}".format(self.history, ", ".join(examinations))
@@ -143,6 +148,15 @@ class LongSeries(models.Model):
     def __str__(self):
         return "{} : {} [{}]".format(self.get_examination(), self.description, self.long.pk)
 
+    def get_author_objects(self):
+        """Returns a comma seperated text list of authors"""
+        if self.long:
+            authors = [i for i in self.long.author.all()]
+        else:
+            authors = []
+
+        return authors
+
     def get_examination(self):
         """Returns a comma seperated text list of regions"""
         return str(self.examination)
@@ -156,16 +170,22 @@ class LongSeries(models.Model):
         return ",".join(images)
 
     def get_thumbnail(self):
-        img = findMiddle(self.images.all()).image
+        images = self.images.all()
+
+        if len(images) < 1:
+            return 'No images', 0
+
+        img = findMiddle(images).image
         thumbnailer = get_thumbnailer(img)
         thumbnail = thumbnailer["exam-list"]
-        return thumbnail
+        return '<img src="/media/{}" />'.format(thumbnail), len(images)
 
 
 
     def get_block(self):
         examination = self.get_examination()
-        return format_html('<div>{}<br/><img src="/media/{}" /></div>', examination, self.get_thumbnail() )
+        thumb, image_number = self.get_thumbnail()
+        return format_html('<div>{}<br/>{}<br/>Images: {}</div>', examination, thumb, image_number )
 
 #class LongImage(models.Model):
 #    long = models.ForeignKey(Long,