Overriding Django Admin's main page? - Django

Question

Hi folks,

I'm trying to add features to Django 1.2 admin's main page.

I've been playing with index.html, but features added to this page affect all app pages.

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Any ideas on what template I'm supposed to use?

Thanks loads!!

Answer 1

I have done this by modifying the admin/index.html template. You may also need to modify admin/base_site.html (depending on what you want to do, exactly).

These templates are found in the django/contrib/admin/templates/admin folder in a Django installation.

Update: That's exactly what I've done, see the screenshot fragment below. The section marked in red is the section I added, via HTML in admin/index.html. However, you don't say which version of Django you're using - my example is from a 1.0 installation.

Answer 2

According to http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/admin/#overriding-vs-replacing-an-admin-template you will want to override admin/app_index.html

Answer 3

You can use template hierarchy like:

index.html

...
{% block content %}
...
{% block mycontent %}My custom text{% endblock %}
...
{% endblock %}

app_index.html

...
    {% block mycontent %}{% endblock %}
..