Dmitri Fedortchenko said the following: > Well django does recommend using the admin for everything admin-related, > if I stop using the admin for editing an article, then I would have to > write a whole bunch of code just to edit a single article. Suddenly the > benefit of a unified admin interface is lost and I have to deal with > permissions, UI, validation, forms.. it seems like a nightmare for > something should work in the first place... ( i.e. overriding the save() > method to add extra functionality) > > From the django features list: > A dynamic admin interface: it's not just scaffolding it's the whole house > [The philosophy here is that your site is edited by a staff, or a > client, or maybe just you and you don't want to have to deal with > creating backend interfaces just to manage content.] > > The message seems clear to me. ;)
It's not meant to do absolutely everything though - trying to hack it to do something it doesn't is usually harder than writing a really simple custom view :) -- Collin Grady If I had any humility I would be perfect. -- Ted Turner --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---