I just posted a ticket (documentation #5645) for something similar - I also think the choice is confusing to new users sooo, let's get some documentation improved on this - feel free to contribute to the ticket - I'll try to do likewise.
Horst Gutmann wrote: > Do you mean for other users but yourself? In this case IMO you can > compare giving someone access to the admin backend to giving someone > access to something like phpMyAdmin. So basically you want to give > this privilege only to those people, you can 100% trust and who should > be able to change *anything*. > > I'm not familiar with newforms-admin, but I guess the principles are > still the same: If you only wan t to manipulate model data, the admin > panel is just fine. If you want to do more complex stuff, you will > need some custom forms and app logic. > > Just my 2c :-) > > - Horst > > 2007/10/1, cjl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> I'm a Django and web-development newcomer, working on a tutorial for >> other newcomers like me: >> >> http://www.instantdjango.com >> >> Anyway, I am working on the second chapter of my tutorial, and want to >> show people how the 'admin' interface works. I am using the 'newforms- >> admin' branch for this (hoping it will me merged soon). >> >> I realized that I don't really know when is the "right" time to use >> the admin interface, and when is to the "right" time to accept input >> through forms instead of using the admin interface. >> >> I know that they serve different purposes, but I'm having trouble >> articulating those differences. >> >> Can anyone give me their opinion, or point me in the right direction >> to learn more? >> >> -cjlesh >> >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@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-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
