Thanks Malcolm, I'm going to read through the source code and see how I can create a new template with my custom authorization. So do you reckon that django admin system is already sufficient not to be overridden?
Best regards, On Mar 16, 9:58 am, Malcolm Tredinnick <malc...@pointy-stick.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 09:40 +1100, Joshua Partogi wrote: > > Dear all, > > > I need a custom authorization needs for the admin system. I need to > > define certain users that is allowed to access certain admin > > functionality. I also need to check whether use has logged in or not. > > In the end I might be creating the admin from scratch. > > > Is there any documentation I can read about this admin system so I can > > override it or maybe create a new one from scratch? > > The source code is the documentation here. There are lots of docstrings > and comments scattered throughout. django/contrib/admin/sites.py is the > main entry point for registration. A large portion of the heavy lifting > is in django/contrib/admin/options.py (e.g. the ModelAdmin class). > > We tend to avoid writing anything much more than that at the moment, > since it would predominantly be repeating the code in English > (duplication) and there are lots of other higher-impact places where we > can be spending our time. > > However, instead of thinking you'll have to replace the whole thing, > certainly look at customisations you might be able to make. All of the > things you described in your initial paragraph can be done *without* any > customisations (admin permissions and admin already requires > authentication), for example. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
