class PresentationForm(forms.ModelForm): cat = forms.ModelChoiceField(Category.objects.all(),label=u'Category') audiences = forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField(AudienceType.objects.all()) title = forms.CharField() short_abstract = forms.CharField(widget=forms.Textarea,min_length=1,max_length=5000,help_text="A short abstract less than 500 words") status = forms.CharField(widget=forms.HiddenInput,label=u'',initial='Pending') class Meta: model = Presentation fields = ('cat', 'audiences', 'title', 'short_abstract') exclude = ['status']