I think it's great you were able to get that much mileage out of the admin styles in your app. If other people see a benefit in doing the same, you've certainly proven it's possible. I still don't consider it within the scope of the admin application to provide a public interface for your app.
On 4/9/06, Ian Holsman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 4/10/06, oggie rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > My point is not that you should or shouldn't have to write your own form > > > code. My point is that (in my mind anyway) needing to write your own > > > styles is not a barrier to reusing the admin form code. > > > > Yes, I agree. Like I mentioned, the only limitation I've faced with the > > styles that come with admin is the one that I mentioned above - I > > consider this a unique customization rather than a general need. > > > > > Styling forms (once) is a lot less tedious than writing them (over and > > > over). And style is something that ought to be unique to each site (at > > > least on the public side). Personally, I don't want to see a lot of > > > Django sites out there that all look like they came from the same > > > template. > > > > Also agreed. Very easy, too! The completeness and customizability of > > the admin framework is a really attractive feature of Django. > > > > I disagree. > > The point is to get a site out quickly some times. Having a site > looking like Django admin does not harm to people who spend time > customising their own templates. (and the people using the site > usually have no idea what django is, and don't care.. the target > audience is not going to be other django developers in most cases) > > Take zyons.com for example, a open source forum app I'm developing. I > grabbed the admin template modified it slightly and pushed it out. > > why is this good? > - I didn't need to spend a week creating my own custom look and feel > (although I probably will later on). This let me concentrate on the > application, and getting feedback from others.. (release early and > release often and all that) > > - others can easily add the forum app into their own application as I > have used the same blocks as the admin template has. If I had designed > my own template, I would have modified those as well. making it harder > for others to integrate > > - It was one of the reasons I chose django. It lowered the barrier to > entry for me. For my apps (internal and external) my concern is to get > the functionality out there and usable. If they are profitable I can > use some of that money to hire a graphic artist to customize it. > > I could go on, but my main point is: it doesn't hurt the people who > choose to customize it, and it helps the people who haven't got time > to do this. > > --Ian > > -rob > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- blog: http://feh.holsman.net/ -- PH: ++61-3-9877-0909 > > If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough. - > Mario Andretti > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
