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: https://django-admin2.readthedocs.io/

Features

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

Screenshots

Site administration
Select user

Requirements

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
    ...
)

Add setting for apps and the default theme in your settings file:

# In settings.py
INSTALLED_APPS += ('djadmin2.themes.djadmin2theme_bootstrap3',)
REST_FRAMEWORK = {
    'DEFAULT_PAGINATION_CLASS': 'rest_framework.pagination.PageNumberPagination',
    'PAGE_SIZE': 10
}
ADMIN2_THEME_DIRECTORY = "djadmin2theme_bootstrap3"

Add djadmin2 urls to your URLconf:

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

from djadmin2.site import djadmin2_site

djadmin2_site.autodiscover()

urlpatterns = [
  ...
  url(r'^admin2/', include(djadmin2_site.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 djadmin2.site import djadmin2_site
from djadmin2.types import ModelAdmin2

from .models import Post, Comment


class UserAdmin2(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_site.register(Post)
djadmin2_site.register(Comment)
djadmin2_site.register(User, UserAdmin2)

Migrating from 0.6.x

  • The default theme has been updated to bootstrap3, be sure to replace your reference to the new one.
  • Django rest framework also include multiple pagination system, the only one supported now is the PageNumberPagination.

Therefore, your settings need to include this:

# In settings.py
INSTALLED_APPS += ('djadmin2.themes.djadmin2theme_bootstrap3',)
ADMIN2_THEME_DIRECTORY = "djadmin2theme_bootstrap3"

REST_FRAMEWORK = {
    'DEFAULT_PAGINATION_CLASS': 'rest_framework.pagination.PageNumberPagination',
    'PAGE_SIZE': 10
}

The default admin2 site has move into djadmin2.site make sure your use the news djadmin2_site in your urls.py:

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

from djadmin2.site import djadmin2_site

djadmin2_site.autodiscover()

urlpatterns = [
  ...
  url(r'^admin2/', include(djadmin2_site.urls)),
]

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_bootstrap3',)
ADMIN2_THEME_DIRECTORY = "djadmin2theme_bootstrap3"

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"

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the django-admin2 project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms, and mailing lists is expected to follow the Jazzband Code of Conduct.

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