autocomplete-light for adding popup outside the admin - django-forms

Question

I'm using django-crispy-forms and would like to use autocomplete-light but can't get it going. I need users to be able to create a new facility if the one they want doesn't exist.
I just have no idea how to use autocomplete-light and I've been struggling for days. Can someone please point me in the right direction??
models.py
class CollectionFacility(TimeStampedModel):
"""
Data collection facility.
"""
facility_name = models.CharField(max_length=256, blank=False)
address_line1 = models.CharField("Address line 1", max_length=45)
address_line2 = models.CharField("Address line 2", max_length=45, blank=True)
country = models.CharField(max_length=50, blank=False)
state_province = models.CharField(max_length=100, blank=True)
city = models.CharField(max_length=100, blank=False)
postal_code = models.CharField("Postal Code", max_length=20, blank=True)
facility_contact = models.ForeignKey('FacilityContact', related_name='collection_facilities', null=True, blank=True)
def __unicode__(self):
return "%s, %s" % (self.facility_name, self.country)
class Meta:
ordering = ['country', 'facility_name', 'city', 'state_province']
verbose_name = "Collection Facility"
verbose_name_plural = "Collection Facilities"
class FacilityContact(TimeStampedModel):
TITLES = (
('Mrs.', 'Mrs.'),
('Ms.', 'Ms.'),
('Mr.', 'Mr.'),
('Dr.', 'Dr.'),
)
first_name = models.CharField(max_length=256, blank=False)
middle_initial = models.CharField(max_length=4, blank=True)
last_name = models.CharField(max_length=256, blank=False)
title = models.CharField(max_length=4, choices=TITLES, blank=True)
email = models.EmailField(blank=False)
def __unicode__(self):
return "%s, %s" % (self.last_name, self.first_name)
class Meta:
ordering = ['last_name', 'first_name']
verbose_name = "Facility Contact"
verbose_name_plural = "Facility Contacts"
forms.py
class FacilityForm(autocomplete_light.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = CollectionFacility
views.py
facility_form = FacilityForm()
# pass it in the context to template
....
template.html
{% crispy facility_form %}

Answer 1

Did you check the non_admin_add_another example app ?
Docs about that one have not yet been ported to v2 which mean the code in the docs might not work. However note that autocomplete_light.example_apps.non_admin_add_another should work.
I recommend you start fiddling with that example directly in autocomplete_light's test_project, see: http://django-autocomplete-light.readthedocs.org/en/stable-2.x.x/demo.html