Many thanks, folks - very helpful replies. I've googled a lot of the
information mentioned above and it seems Django is quite easily
capable of almost everything I've mentioned above. After another
night juggling Django & Rails I've decided my PHP days are certainly
over - I just need to decide between those two.
My preference is tilting towards Django, but from what I've seen there
seems to be more freelance work available for rails. ...Decisions,
decisions.
Cheers,
- JB
On Apr 9, 2:00 am, Jon <jon....@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1.
> Inlineshttp://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/admin/#inlinemodelad...
>
> 2. Form mediahttp://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/forms/media/
>
> 3. Your example does not require custom template overrides for the
> admin HTML, it is possible to simply include a function from your
> Model in
> 'list_display'.http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/intro/tutorial02/#customize-the-...
> ... In your example the function must return the HTML for the
> thumbnail image, and it must escape it and allow tags so that the HTML
> shows correctly in the admin. Example (from django-imagekit):
>
>
>
> > def admin_thumbnail_view(self):
> > if not self._imgfield:
> > return None
> > prop = getattr(self, self._ik.admin_thumbnail_spec, None)
> > if prop is None:
> > return 'An "%s" image spec has not been defined.' % \
> > self._ik.admin_thumbnail_spec
> > else:
> > if hasattr(self, 'get_absolute_url'):
> > return u'<a href="%s"><img src="%s"></a>' % \
> > (escape(self.get_absolute_url()), escape(prop.url))
> > else:
> > return u'<a href="%s"><img src="%s"></a>' % \
> > (escape(self._imgfield.url), escape(prop.url))
> > admin_thumbnail_view.short_description = _('Thumbnail')
> > admin_thumbnail_view.allow_tags = True
>
> You would then include 'admin_thumbnail_view' in 'list_display' in
> your Model's admin.
>
> 4. As for the thumbnail question, you can look at 'sorl-thumbnail' or
> 'django-imagekit'. I use my own amalgamation of both, for their
> different features.
>
> As for the rest of the question, you can add onto the admin app all
> you want with your own views, templates, etc. by hijacking the URL
> routing in urls.py to look for '/admin/my-report-page' and route that
> to your own app. To integrate this into the admin you can simply edit
> the template for the main index, or use 'django-admin-tools' which
> gives you a much nicer way of adding onto the admin with your own
> dashboard links and modules. Or you may watch out for 'django-
> grappelli' to soon integrate 'django-admin-tools' into its already
> existing body of work, like their Navigation sidebar which lets you
> add your own links to the admin index, and Bookmarks which appear at
> the top of every admin page. (The latest work is still not quite
> usable but still very impressive)
>
> 5. I've pondered on both examples myself, but haven't really gone
> anywhere with those ideas, so I can't tell you for sure whether it's
> possible or not. But my bet's on it being possible, because in the
> first example you're simply filtering out child categories based on
> the parent category selection, so this would be doable completely with
> JS it seems. The second example seems doable as well, though I
> haven't tried it myself.
>
> On Apr 8, 6:15 am, UnclaimedBaggage <baynej...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi folks,
>
> > Long-time PHP/Zend user here who'd LOVE to switch to Python/Django for
> > webdev work. I've just spent a few hours snooping around Django and
> > really like what I see, but before I invest any real time in it I'd
> > really appreciate some advice on if (or how easily) a few things can
> > be done. My main concern is the flexibility of django-admin. I LOVE
> > the feature, but I'm a little concerned about flexibility. Any
> > suggestions on the following would be very appreciated:
>
> > #1.) For usability's sake, I'd like to have foreign key models
> > embedded in the same admin form as the model they're referencing. For
> > example, if there's a "products" model with a one-to-many relationship
> > to "product options", I'd like to add "product options" from within
> > the "product" admin form. (Eg javascript adds another field each time
> > all existing "product option" fields are filled out...or something).
> > Anything that will help (or hurt) me in trying to add this sort of
> > functionality? Is this commonly done?
>
> > #2.) Adding javascript to individual admin forms. Simple?
>
> > #3.) Customising the HTML (not CSS) output of django-admin. For
> > example, putting a thumbnailed image next to each product in the
> > Admin-->Products table list. Simple?
>
> > #4.) A lot of what I do is basic (but custom) e-commerce & CMS stuff.
> > Django's CMS potential looks very solid, although I'm wondering if
> > tacking on basic e-commerce features to django-admin could be a little
> > cumbersome. Features such as basic order reports/stats etc don't seem
> > to fit too freely into the django-admin approach. I'll also need to
> > auto-create thumbnails from model.ImageField inputs. Easily doable?
>
> > #5.) 'Convenience' form fields in admin forms. For example, a select
> > box that lets you choose a parent category, which in turn presents a
> > 'child category' select box, etc...or tree-structured checkboxes. I'm
> > comfortable writing up the javascript, but from a quick inspection
> > django-admin didn't seem to like the inclusion of select fields that
> > weren't intended to interact with the model. Was this just my clumsy
> > newbieness or is this going to be a problem?
>
> > Many thanks - hope to be one of the django community soon. :-)
>
> > - Unclaimed Baggage
>
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