Dojango has a template tag being developed that can generate a public facing list that can be extended (using dojo). similar to(and modeled after) the admin change list. http://code.google.com/p/dojango/wiki/DojangoDatagrid May or may not be helpful...
Chris On May 11, 10:09 am, Wayne Molina <wayne.mol...@gmail.com> wrote: > Basically I am a newbie to Django (and Python in general) but I really > like the functionality the Admin page gives you; it's absolutely > awesome to add a line or two of Python and have, for example, a search > bar instantly added, or have a log built in. > > I have an idea for an application that 90% of its basic functionality > would be handled directly by the Django admin; it doesn't really have > a "public facing" site. However, I need some extra stuff that isn't > provided by the admin interface; for example I'm going to have a > module to send email notifications to people, and maybe have a > customized "dashboard" when you first log in. > > What I want to know is if it's possible to "extend" the admin site by > adding my own views and templates (those are the correct terms in > Django parlance, right?) so I am using the admin site as-is for > managing, let's say contacts, but there's a link added that says > something like "Create Notifications" and then lets you create an > email and select contacts to send it to, and when you press Submit it > will mail them out? That part would be custom written. > > Is this possible? It wouldn't be such a big deal except for all the > bells and whistles that the Django admin comes with out of the box; it > seems a shame to rewrite all of that stuff from scratch if it's > already included. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
