Hi! Perhaps you can do it easily with signals instead override the save method, take a look to this: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-django-admin/index.html
<http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-django-admin/index.html>Good luck and ask again if they don't work, Álex González On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 01:40, Jacob Fenwick <jacob.fenw...@gmail.com> wrote: > I tried something like this: > > *models.py > class MyUser(User): > pass > > *admin.py > class MyUserAdminForm(forms.ModelForm): > is_staff = models.BooleanField(_('staff status'), > default=True, help_text=_("Test.")) > > class Meta: > model = User > > class MyUserAdmin(UserAdmin): > form = PublisherAdminForm > > admin.site.register(MyUser, MyUserAdmin) > > > Any idea why the help text wouldn't show up in the admin for this? > > Jacob > > On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 7:08 PM, Jacob Fenwick <jacob.fenw...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> So one method I found is to use the custom validation from a form in the >> ModelAdmin: >> >> http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/ref/contrib/admin/#adding-custom-validation-to-the-admin >> >> However, this only seems to work on edits, not on adds. >> >> How can I make this work on adds? >> >> Jacob >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Jacob Fenwick <jacob.fenw...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> I'm looking for a way to automatically set is_active to true for new >>> users that are added through the admin interface. >>> >>> I tried to subclass the User class and set the is_active default to true >>> but apparently you can't override fields in a parent model: >>> >>> http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/topics/db/models/#field-name-hiding-is-not-permitted >>> >>> Is there some sort of ModelAdmin magic that could solve this problem? >>> >>> Or is there some other method that can be arrived at through subclassing >>> the User object? >>> >>> Jacob >>> >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<django-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > -- Please, don't send me files with extensions: .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt and/or .pptx http://mirblu.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
