The model code still needs to stay in the model, it is just the save_model method had to be moved to the admin.py. I think the following is what you are looking for:
models.py --------------- from django.db import models from django.contrib.auth.models import User class AuditedTable(models.Model): created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True) created_by = models.ForeignKey(User, editable=False) updated = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True) updated_by = models.ForeignKey(User, editable=False) class Meta: abstract = True class Entity1(AuditedTable): title = models.CharField(max_length=20) def __unicode__(self): return self.title admin.py ------------- from django.contrib import admin from app.models import Entity1 class AuditAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin): def save_model(self, request, obj, form, change): if change: obj.updated_by = request.user else: obj.created_by = request.user obj.save() class Entity1Admin(AuditAdmin): pass admin.site.register(Entity1, Entity1Admin) Hope that helps, Ryan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/NV9uTUJxUVRkTW9K. To post to this group, send email to django-users@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.