django-admin2

One of the most useful parts of django.contrib.admin is the ability to configure various views that touch and alter data. django-admin2 is a complete rewrite of that library using modern Class-Based Views and enjoying a design focused on extendibility and adaptability. By starting over, we can avoid the legacy code and make it easier to write extensions and themes.

Full Documentation at: http://django-admin2.rtfd.org/

Features

• Rewrite of the Django Admin backend
• Drop-in themes
• Built-in RESTful API

Screenshots

Requirements

• Django 1.5+
• Python 2.7+ or Python 3.3+
• django-braces
• django-extra-views
• django-floppyforms
• django-rest-framework
• django-filter
• Sphinx (for documentation)

Installation

Use pip to install from PyPI:

pip install django-admin2

Add djadmin2 and rest_framework to your settings file:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    ...
    'djadmin2',
    'rest_framework', # for the browsable API templates
    'floppyforms', # For HTML5 form fields
    'crispy_forms', # Required for the default theme's layout
    ...
)

Add the default theme in your settings file:

# In settings.py
INSTALLED_APPS += ('djadmin2.themes.djadmin2theme_default',)
ADMIN2_THEME_DIRECTORY = "djadmin2theme_default/"

Add djadmin2 urls to your URLconf:

# urls.py
from django.conf.urls import patterns, include

import djadmin2

djadmin2.default.autodiscover()


urlpatterns = patterns(
   ...
   url(r'^admin2/', include(djadmin2.default.urls)),
)

How to write django-admin2 modules

# myapp/admin2.py
# Import your custom models
from django.contrib.auth.forms import UserCreationForm, UserChangeForm
from django.contrib.auth.models import User

from .models import Post, Comment

import djadmin2


class UserAdmin2(djadmin2.ModelAdmin2):
    # Replicates the traditional admin for django.contrib.auth.models.User
    create_form_class = UserCreationForm
    update_form_class = UserChangeForm


#  Register each model with the admin
djadmin2.default.register(Post)
djadmin2.default.register(Comment)
djadmin2.default.register(User, UserAdmin2)

Migrating from 0.5.x

Themes are now defined explicitly, including the default theme. Therefore, your settings need to include this:

# In settings.py
INSTALLED_APPS += ('djadmin2.themes.djadmin2theme_default',)
ADMIN2_THEME_DIRECTORY = "djadmin2theme_default/"

Drop-In Themes

The default theme is whatever bootstrap is most current. Specifically:

# In settings.py
INSTALLED_APPS += ('djadmin2.themes.djadmin2theme_default',)
ADMIN2_THEME_DIRECTORY = "djadmin2theme_default/"

If you create a new theme, you define it thus:

# In settings.py
# Mythical theme! This does not exit... YET!
INSTALLED_APPS += ('djadmin2theme_foundation',)
ADMIN2_THEME_DIRECTORY = "djadmin2theme_foundation/"

Follows Best Practices

This project follows best practices as espoused in Two Scoops of Django: Best Practices for Django 1.6.

Support this project!

You can hire the lead maintainer to perform dedicated work on this package. Please email pydanny@cartwheelweb.com.