I am looking at making custom forms look like Django admin forms with the widgets in place. Also, I like to do a similar thing for displaying tables. I used a combination of plugins for sorting, filters and displaying tables with pagination. The result was not as good. What I am hoping is to find an easy way to reuse the features already available with django admin. But it appears this approach is not recommended and I saw a post by a django maintainer saying it is not likely to make this any easier in near future. Would have been nice to have this in place, as there are a plethora of plugins in Django & Java Script out there and sifting through them is difficult for a newbie like me.
Looking for suitable inputs on this forum. Thanks in advance, mynk On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 8:04 PM, Nate Granatir <[email protected]> wrote: > Just realized this thread was not necessarily about filters for the admin; > in the case of using custom forms/views Django daterange filter may not be > a good option. > > > On Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 8:37:56 AM UTC-5, Paul Nema wrote: >> >> I've noticed many people new to Django (and sometimes also new to Python) >> often post the same/similar questions in various forums. How to I get >> something to work and/or do you have an example for X. As I've also >> experienced this problem I've decided to post my little solution. Its not >> the only way to do this, just the way I did it. Hopefully this will provide >> the answer people are searching for or at least get them started. I guess >> it will also serve as a quick code review by those so inclined to comment. >> >> >> You've probably heard of DRY but I think something is missing. There >> should also be a Don't Repeat Other's Work (DROW) when they already solved >> the problem. Thus another motivation to post this. On a side note there is >> a bit of debate out there about using the Django AdminDateWidget verse >> other solutions (Jquery, etc). Your decision to make but why increase >> dependencies when you don't have to. >> >> >> As I'm still learning Django everything in the code below may not be >> required but I'm listing it anyway. You may need to modify to your >> particular environment. As I don't have a blog to post this I'm sending it >> to this group. I'm open to any suggestions for a better place to post this. >> >> >> For this example I will focus on adding a date picker for date of birth >> (dob) and a date time picker for sponsor sign date (sponsor_sign_date). Key >> items are in *Bold*. >> >> >> Another reference to adding the AdminDateTime widget is here: >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/38601/using-django-time- >> date-widgets-in-custom-form >> >> >> >> >> --------------- >> >> My top level (django-admin.py startproject izbo) directory Structure: >> >> mylogin@LX-D620:~/dev/izbo$ ll >> >> drwxrwxr-x 2 mylogin mylogin 4096 2009-03-17 10:52 account/ >> >> drwxr-xr-x 2 mylogin mylogin 4096 2009-03-17 10:53 add/ >> >> drwxr-xr-x 2 mylogin mylogin 4096 2009-03-18 04:34 adjudicator/ >> >> drwxrwxr-x 2 mylogin mylogin 4096 2009-03-18 09:43 application/ >> >> drwxr-xr-x 2 mylogin mylogin 4096 2009-03-18 10:06 contract/ >> >> drwxrwxrwx 2 mylogin mylogin 4096 2009-03-18 09:49 DB/ >> >> drwxr-xr-x 2 mylogin mylogin 4096 2009-03-17 10:51 employer/ >> >> drwxr-xr-x 2 mylogin mylogin 4096 2009-03-18 04:34 entity/ >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 mylogin mylogin 207 2009-03-08 04:54 exclude >> >> drwxrwxrwx 2 mylogin mylogin 4096 2009-03-18 10:06 gzbo/ >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 mylogin mylogin 0 2009-01-06 04:55 __init__.py >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 mylogin mylogin 546 2009-01-06 04:55 manage.py >> >> drwxrwxrwx 5 mylogin mylogin 4096 2009-02-08 12:35 media/ >> >> drwxr-xr-x 2 mylogin mylogin 4096 2009-03-17 10:53 member/ >> >> drwxr-xr-x 2 mylogin mylogin 4096 2009-03-17 10:52 note/ >> >> drwxr-xr-x 2 mylogin mylogin 4096 2009-02-20 12:47 search/ >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 mylogin mylogin 4192 2009-03-05 23:39 settings.py >> >> drwxrwxrwx12 mylogin mylogin 4096 2009-03-16 11:48 templates/ >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 mylogin mylogin 2118 2009-03-16 11:16 urls.py >> >> >> -------------- >> >> Media directory Listing: >> >> mylogin@LX-D620:~/dev/izbo/media$ ll >> >> total 12 >> >> drwxr-xr-x 5 mylogin mylogin 4096 2009-03-18 10:56 admin/ >> >> drwxrwxrwx 2 mylogin mylogin 4096 2009-02-07 15:45 css/ >> >> drwxrwxrwx 2 mylogin mylogin 4096 2009-01-27 10:07 images/ >> >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 mylogin mylogin 36 2009-03-18 11:07 img -> >> /home/mylogin/dev/izbo/media/admin/img/ >> >> >> * Note: admin/ is 'cp -r' of directory /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packag >> es/django/contrib/admin/media. Then I linked the img directory. >> >> >> >> ------------ >> >> In my “settings.py” >> >> >> import os.path >> >> PROJECT_DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__) >> >> >> MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'media') >> >> MEDIA_URL = 'http://www.izbo.com/media/' >> >> *ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = '/media/admin/'* >> >> TEMPLATE_DIRS = ( >> >> os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'templates'), >> >> ... >> >> ) >> >> >> ---------------- >> >> In my top level “urls.py” file >> >> *from django.contrib import admin * >> >> >> urlpatterns = patterns('', >> >> # Uncomment the admin/doc line below and add >> 'django.contrib.admindocs' >> >> # to INSTALLED_APPS to enable admin documentation: >> >> (r'^admin/doc/', include('django.contrib.admindocs.urls')), >> >> >> *# Add this to get widgets.AdminDateWidget() working for non >> is_staff, is_superuser * >> >> *# This must be placed before (r'^admin/(.*)', admin.site.root), as >> that gobals up everything * >> >> *(r'^admin/jsi18n/$', 'django.views.i18n.javascript_catalog'), * >> >> >> # Uncomment the next line to enable the admin: >> >> (r'^admin/(.*)', admin.site.root), >> >> >> # IZBO related URLs >> >> (r'^$', splash), >> >> ..... >> >> ) >> >> >> >> ------------- >> >> In “gzbo/models.py” I have my class >> >> >> # >> >> # Application >> >> # >> >> class App (Record) : >> >> # Personal Information >> >> *dob = DateField(null=True, * >> >> *verbose_name=_('Date of Birth'), * >> >> *help_text=_('Enter Date of Birth Format: CCYY-MM-DD')) * >> >> *sponsor_sign_date = DateTimeField(null=True, * >> >> *blank=True, * >> >> *verbose_name=_('Date Sponsor Electronically Signed')*) >> >> >> -------------- >> >> In “application/” I have a forms.py that describes the fields I want to >> have a date time picker >> >> So in application/forms.py >> >> >> # >> >> # DJANGO Libraries >> >> # >> >> from django.forms import ModelForm >> >> from django import forms >> >> from django.contrib.admin import widgets >> >> >> class AppForm(ModelForm) : >> >> # Personal Information >> >> *dob = forms.DateField( * >> >> *widget = widgets.AdminDateWidget) * >> >> *sponsor_sign_date = forms.DateTimeField ( required = False, * >> >> *widget = widgets.AdminSplitDateTime) * >> >> .... # other fields >> >> class Meta : >> >> model = App >> >> >> ---------------- >> >> In “templates/application/appCreate.html” I have the follow. The >> src=”/media/...” is referencing directory ~/dev/izbo/media >> >> >> {% extends 'base.html' %} >> >> >> {% block css %} >> >> <link href="/media/css/main.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" >> media="screen" /> >> >> *<script type="text/javascript" src="/admin/jsi18n/"></script> * >> >> *<script type="text/javascript" src="/media/admin/js/core.js"></script> * >> >> <script type="text/javascript" src="/media/admin/js/admin/Rel >> atedObjectLookups.js"></script> >> >> *{{ form.media }} * >> >> {% endblock css %} >> >> >> {% block title %} >> >> IZBO - Application >> >> {% endblock title %} >> >> ... >> >> {{ form.as_p }} >> >> ... >> >> >> Key scripts for date picker seem to be: >> >> /admin/jsi18n/ >> >> /media/admin/js/core.js >> >> and {{ form.media }} which adds the two lines below (calendar.js and >> DateTimeShortcuts.js) >> >> /media/admin/js/calendar.js >> >> /media/admin/js/admin/DateTimeShortcuts.js >> >> >> Summary: >> >> 1. >> >> Update your settings.py file MEDIA_ROOT, MEDIA_URL and >> ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX to point to where you plan to keep the images and js >> for >> the picker. 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