OK, So I posted a couple of days ago that I had finished implementing my application's admin interface, and that I was really impressed. So impressed, I was considering sticking with the Admin as the front end for my entire app. (A sales quotation system).
A user on this site recommended that it was best to persevere with views and templates, as this would afford more flexibility in the long run. The same person also warned that I would have to learn html/css/ python etc. in the process. I took on this advice, and although it has been difficult, I have now got my forms.py, urls.py, templates and views working such that I pretty much have a basic application up and running. Now i'm looking at what I built, and taking a look back at the Admin, and the admin is looking 1000 X better than the basic forms that I have managed to create. Here's a list of things I've yet to implement: * Sub forms, or whatever the jargon is in django. * those cool green crosses on foreign key fields that allow you to add related records on the fly in a pop up window. * general look and feel: ie: pleasant blue and white color scheme as opposed to black and white "website from the early 90s"-look. (I like retro, but this is painful) * button options such as "save and add another" * those awesome filter and search widgets on the list pages * little touches like the red cross delete and the pencil edit buttons Now it's not that I'm not pleased to have taken the advice of this board; quite the opposite in fact. I have now seen enough of the template/views/forms/urls etc to convince me of the huge potential to implement any kind of feature with 100% control of the application. The thing is, what would really help me out is a resource that shows my how to implement the features found in the admin into my own templates/views. I managed to find this resource: http://www.hoboes.com/Mimsy/?ART=675 But is there no resource out there with a howto describing how to rip off the admin functionality in general terms? What are other people's thoughts on this? By the way, it's been a challenging journey to get this far with my first Django app but this mailing list has really helped. The speed with which people respond and the level of knowledge on display here is really awesome. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
