Django Simple Admin Overlay

Lightweight Django app which displays simple overlay with admin links on the frontend pages.

Django Simple Admin Overlay replaces the need to manually append /admin to the browser's URL bar or to bookmark the administration link during the development of Django projects.

Version: 0.2

Screenshots

Position: top, state: open

Position: top, state: closed

Requirements

• Python (3.5)
• Django (1.10)

Currently tested only on the above noted versions of Python and Django. Will test further with older versions and update the list.

Installation

Install using pip

pip install django-simple-admin-overlay

Add 'simple_admin_overlay' to your INSTALLED_APPS setting

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    ...
    'simple_admin_overlay',
)

Enable simple_admin_overlay middleware

MIDDLEWARE = [
    ...
    'simple_admin_overlay.middleware.SimpleAdminOverlayMiddleware',
]

Configuration

You can change a limited number of options by adding SIMPLE_ADMIN_OVERLAY_CONFIG dictionary to your settings.py.

Default values are:

SIMPLE_ADMIN_OVERLAY_CONFIG = {
    'OVERLAY_POSITION': 'top',
    'DEFAULT_STATE': 'open',
    'SHOW_APPS_ONLY': False,
    'EXCLUDE_APPS': [],
    'EXCLUDE_MODELS': {},
}

OVERLAY_POSITION (default='top')

Defines the display positioning of the fixed overlay.

Available values: top, right, bottom, left

DEFAULT_STATE (default='open')

Defines the default state of the overlay, i.e. will it be shown or hidden on page load.

Available values: open, closed

SHOW_APPS_ONLY (default=False)

If set to True only the application links will be shown, i.e. model links will be hidden.

EXCLUDE_APPS (default=[])

Applications defined within this list will not be listed in the overlay. Use the same application name format as used in the INSTALLED_APPS setting.

EXCLUDE_MODELS (default={})

Models defined within this dictionary will not be listed in the overlay. Use the same model name format as the name of the classes within models.py.

Example:

EXCLUDE_MODELS': {
    'spam_app': ['spamAppModel', 'AnotherSpamAppModel'],
    'eggs_app': ['EggsAppModel'],
}

Common issues

Make sure that you're logged in as an authenticated user and have access to the admin interface, i.e. that your User instance has is_authenticated=True and is_staff=True

To-do list

• Add DEVELOPMENT_MODE option which would depend on the DEBUG setting
• Persist toolbar state (open, closed) via cookie or local storage