If you’re using Class Based Views (CBVs) then passing an extra argument in the form constructor (e.g. in get_forms_class) or in form_class will not work, as <form> object is not callable will be shown. The solution for CBVs is to use get_form_kwargs(), e.g.: views.py: class MyUpdateView(UpdateView): model = MyModel form_class = MyForm # Sending user … Read more
The Problem Using a custom class derived from django.contrib.admin.AdminSite for the admin site of a project, without having to write custom registration code to register models with the new class. When I use 3rd party apps with their own models, I’d rather not have to edit custom registration code only because models were added or … Read more
You need to create a custom form and template for the LinkSectionInline. Something like this should work for the form: LinkFormset = forms.modelformset_factory(Link) class LinkSectionForm(forms.ModelForm): def __init__(self, **kwargs): super(LinkSectionForm, self).__init__(**kwargs) self.link_formset = LinkFormset(instance=self.instance, data=self.data or None, prefix=self.prefix) def is_valid(self): return (super(LinkSectionForm, self).is_valid() and self.link_formset.is_valid()) def save(self, commit=True): # Supporting commit=False is another can of worms. … Read more
Either in your admin.py or in a separate forms.py you can add a ModelForm class and then declare your extra fields inside that as you normally would. I’ve also given an example of how you might use these values in form.save(): from django import forms from yourapp.models import YourModel class YourModelForm(forms.ModelForm): extra_field = forms.CharField() def … Read more
Use Readonly Fields. Like so (for django >= 1.2): class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin): readonly_fields=(‘first’,)
As of Django 1.7 you don’t need to override templates. You can now implement site_header, site_title, and index_title attributes on a custom AdminSite in order to easily change the admin site’s page title and header text. Create an AdminSite subclass and hook your instance into your URLconf: admin.py: from django.contrib.admin import AdminSite from django.utils.translation import … Read more
It depends a lot of what you want to do. Though first of all: do not overwrite it in the Django admin directly. You got two options I think are reasonable: If you want to change the appearance of the admin in general you should override admin templates. This is covered in details here: Overriding … Read more
The problem is that the first line in manage.py breaks the file on windows. The first line should look like this: #!/usr/bin/env python Removing it will fix the issue.
Below code helped me resolve this issue python manage.py migrate –run-syncdb
Create a separate view that redirects user’s based on whether they are in the admin group. from django.shortcuts import redirect def login_success(request): “”” Redirects users based on whether they are in the admins group “”” if request.user.groups.filter(name=”admins”).exists(): # user is an admin return redirect(“admin_list”) else: return redirect(“other_view”) Add the view to your urls.py, url(r’login_success/$’, views.login_success, … Read more