heya, Aha, yes - we need a roadmap, and somebody from the team to execute it *grins*.
For the former - I believe there was already discussions on that sort of thing on this board? There's a wiki page with some notes as well: https://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/AdminNext I also had a look at some of the existing projects: - https://github.com/yawd/yawd-admin - https://github.com/michaelhelmick/django-bootstrap-admin (Doesn't appear to be too active) - https://github.com/riccardo-forina/django-admin-bootstrapped - https://github.com/aobo711/bootstrap-django-admin - https://github.com/gkuhn1/django-admin-templates-twitter-bootstrap (Doesn't appear to be too active) - https://github.com/divio/djangocms-admin-style And there's obviously Grapelli. A lot of these are obviously just reskins, while others offer a bit more. >From the existing projects, we can draw two clear requirements that people want: - Changing the look and feel - I'm not sure what Django core's feelings on it, but there seems to be a feeling from the community that the look of the current Django Admin is somewhat dated? Also, any new admin should probably be responsive, and work on mobile or non-desktop devices, if that's possible. - More customisations - a lot of people want to create dashboards around the admin, add new sections/tabs, or move things around - the current Admin doesn't have much scope for that, or it's not easily accessible. For the latter, not sure I can help you there...lol. I thought Idan Gazit was working on something before though? Or are there other designers on the Core team? Cheers, Victor On Sunday, 24 March 2013 22:14:58 UTC+11, Russell Keith-Magee wrote: > > > On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Victor Hooi <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I read recently about Andrew Goodwin's successful kickstarter project for >> better Django schema migrations: >> >> >> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andrewgodwin/schema-migrations-for-django >> >> Kudos to him for awesome work on South so far a swell =). >> >> There doesn't seem to be much movement on the Admin front - >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-developers/Vozu6U3gz84/vvbTqrWitxIJ >> >> I'm wondering - is there any impetus for a similar kickstarter for the >> Django admin? >> >> I for one would be willing to put my money where my mouth is and back it >> - and I'm sure other people/companies who use Django in their own projects >> would as well. >> > > Good to hear :-) > > There's one significant difference here. Andrew's project was to deliver > South-like functionality to trunk. South is a known quantity, and there > have been discussions and threads about exactly what merging South into > trunk would look like. And on top of all that, Andrew is the principle > author of South, so he's well positioned to do the work. > > What's the feature set for a new Admin? What are the design goals? And > most importantly, who is going to do the work? > > I'm not saying these questions can't be answered -- but the answers aren't > clear at the moment (at least, not to me). Once we've got a clear plan, and > someone who is available to deliver on that plan, then a Kickstarter might > be appropriate. > > Yours, > Russ Magee %-) > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
