SyDjango Talk: Django Admin, The Missing Manual

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The Missing Manual Stephen McDonald @stephen_mcd Django Admin

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About Me

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About Me ● Fairfax (200 sites on a dozen distributed apps)

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About Me ● Fairfax (200 sites on a dozen distributed apps) ● Mezzanine (Most popular CMS, Django Admin)

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● Fairfax (200 sites on a dozen distributed apps) ● Mezzanine (Most popular CMS, Django Admin) ● Django since 2007 About Me

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About Me ● Fairfax (200 sites on a dozen distributed apps) ● Mezzanine (Most popular CMS, Django Admin) ● Django since 2007 ● 50 different Django projects (Most use Admin)

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Django Admin

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Django Admin ● Saves countless hours

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Django Admin ● Saves countless hours ● Living in the future!

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Django Admin

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Django Admin

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Django Admin

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Why Wouldn't You Use It?

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Why Wouldn't You Use It? ● Looks outdated

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Why Wouldn't You Use It? ● Looks outdated ● Too database-centric

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Why Wouldn't You Use It? ● Looks outdated ● Too database-centric ● Hard to customise

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Let's Dispel These Myths

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Django Admin VS Custom Admin

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Django Admin VS Custom Admin Source:

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The Missing Manual

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The Missing Manual ● Chapter 1: Use all features (not really missing)

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The Missing Manual

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The Missing Manual Usability Usability

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The Missing Manual ● Chapter 1: Use all features (not really missing) ● Chapter 2: Override templates!

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The Missing Manual

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The Missing Manual Usability Usability

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The Missing Manual Usability Usability

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The Missing Manual ● Chapter 1: Use all features (not really missing) ● Chapter 2: Override templates! ● Chapter 3: Singleton Admin

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The Missing Manual

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But wait

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But wait

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One More Thing...

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One More Thing... Usability Usability

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Thanks! Questions? github.com/stephenmcd/sydjango-damm Further Research ● Grappelli github.com/sehmaschine/django-grappelli ● Admin Tools bitbucket.org/izi/django-admin-tools ● Bootstrap bitbucket.org/salvator/django-admintools-bootstrap ● Mezzanine github.com/stephenmcd/mezzanine Stephen McDonald ● GitHub github.com/stephenmcd ● Twitter @stephen_mcd ● LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/stephenmcd