On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 1:47 AM, Luke Hovington <[email protected]> wrote: > After lots of talk on I'm going to start using Django a project turned up > that allowed me to start learning how this all works. > > So far I have managed (Via tutorials) to get everything setup and running > nicely, > I have also installed admin_tools which brings me to my question. > > Is there any plugin/package that would give me a admin_tool type look for > all my users for free? > > Things I'm after are.. > * Dashboard Widgets all over the page > * Ability to remove, add and reorganise 'Widgets' > * Settings saved for each user > Django is a framework. It sounds like you might be looking for a CMS
> I will in the future need to limit the data shown in the widgets or remove > others depending on user permissions, but that could be another days issue. > Built in to admin is the capability to give permissions to users and groups. You should look at that. > So before I start looking into how admin_tools does it's awesome stuff and > repurposing it, I though I would ask those who have been working with it for > while. > Any suggestions? > If your users are trusted (like people in your company? -- not anonymous users) you can give them access to the admin. They will only have the capabilities you allow via the permissions you set. I think this is a really great feature of django. Admin is not just for the developer (although its great for the developer), but for trusted staff so you don't have to re-invent all the stuff it does (CRUD) -- Joel Goldstick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
