User behaviour can be formalized as actions + objects. Some actions span multiple objects. Admin is a great tool that corresponds the *structure* of data. It allows to view and edit all your base for great justice. Err, all your database for zero cost. Out of the box. Nice! However, "editing an object" is only a part of functionality required to implement possible *user actions*. You can implement some of actions spanning multiple objects using "admin actions" (many items of the same type) or inlines, but generally the admin is simply unsuitable for implementing complex actions. It's your task to (easily, btw) write views and templates for domain-specific or site- specific actions. Many domain-specific sets of actions are available as 3rd-party applications.
On May 26, 6:51 am, Sam Kuper <sampabloku...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Suppose you were re-writing Facebook in Django. > > Would you handle the complex profile and privacy settings pages by: > > A) exposing the relevant admin pages to users, with careful auth to stop > users from being able to access admin pages they shouldn't be able to. > Obviously this would require much custom templating in order to achieve the > desired visual appearance (instead of the default Django admin appearance), > but it would have the advantage of not requiring new views and forms to be > written. > > B) creating forms and views as needed for the profile and privacy settings, > keeping the users out of the admin app entirely, and reserving the latter > only for Facebook staff. > > Or would you take some other approach? > > Please explain your answer, and link to documentation where relevant. > > Many thanks! > > Sam -- Cheers, Andy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
