You are supposed to put the admin template you want to override in
your own template directory definition in settings.py
So, if you defined it as /home/stava/<project
name>/template/admin/change_list.html
On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Lars Stavholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'd like to override part of an admin change_list template.
>
> Reading the documentation, my understanding is that I can place
> a template in a certain place in the templates directory hierarchy,
> and django will look for it and use it, i.e.:
>
> templates/admin/build/job/change_list.html
>
> ...where "build" is my application and "job" is my model class.
>
> The change_list.html file only contains the part I want to override,
> i.e. the extrahead block. It contains:
>
> {% extends "admin/change_list.html" %}
> {% block extrahead %}
> <META HTTP-EQUIV=REFRESH CONTENT=10>
> {% endblock %}
>
> However, this does not work for me, so I'm expecting it to be some
> mistake on my part, I just can't figure out what the mistake is.
>
> Now, if I put the file in ./templates/admin/build/change_list.html
> it still wont work. On the other hand, this would be overriding all
> "build" application change lists, which is not what I was looking for.
>
> Only way I've found is to copy the change_list.html from the django
> installation in contrib/admin/templates/admin, and then modify it to
> my needs, using "if" statements to figure out which application model
> class is being rendered, and the put the change_list.html in my app's
> templates/admin directory, which doesn't feel right.
>
> Any input appreciated
> /Lars Stavholm
>
>
> >
>
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