custmoizing admin using template files

[Christopher Spears]

Hi!

I am working through the Django tutorial, and I have reached the part where 
I want to customize my admin.  Basically,  I want 'Chris Spears App' to 
appear at the top of the page instead of 'Django administration'.

I copied the base_site.html file from its home to 
C:\Users\Chris\Documents\django_dev\mysite\templates\admin.

I then modified the file like so:

{% extends "admin/base.html" %}
{% load i18n %}

{% block title %}{{ title }} | {% trans 'Django site admin' %}{% endblock %}

{% block branding %}
{% trans 'Chris Spears App' %}
{% endblock %}

{% block nav-global %}{% endblock %}

I then modified the settings.py file:

import os

# Django settings for mysite project.

DEBUG = True
TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG

BASE_DIR = 'C:\Users\Chris\Documents\django_dev\mysite'
#BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))

TEMPLATE_DIRS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')]

For some reason, I can't get the change to work.  I'm pretty sure that I am 
referencing the wrong file, but I can't figure out how to print the value 
of TEMPLATE_DIRS.  Any advice?

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define BASE_DIR?

[Christopher Spears]

I am working my way through the Django tutorial, and I have reached the 
part where I am supposed to customize the look and feel of the admin.  I am 
supposed to do that using the mysite\settings.py file (working on a Windows 
laptop).  I have two questions.

At first, I just typed the following into the file:

TEMPLATE_DIRS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')]

I got an error message stating that os.path was not recognized.  I solved 
this by putting 'import os.path' at the top of the file.  Does this mean 
there is a bug in the tutorial's documentation?  I do not recall seeing any 
instructions that told me to add this.

After I solved the first problem, I now get this error message:

  File "C:\Users\Chris\Documents\django_dev\mysite\mysite\settings.py", 
line 7,
in 
TEMPLATE_DIRS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')]
NameError: name 'BASE_DIR' is not defined

Am I supposed to now define BASE_DIR?

Thanks!

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question about django tutorial

[Christopher Spears]

Hi!

I am a Django newbie, so please bear with me.  I am working on part 2 of 
the Django tutorial.

I started my server with the following:

python manage.py runserver


Then I logged into my admin site.

Earlier in the tutorial, I had created a model called Polls.  I selected 
Polls from the Site administration menu and then selected the 'What's up?' 
version of Polls to change.  However, when I clicked on the 'Save and 
Continue Editing' Button, I got this traceback:

Environment:


Request Method: POST
Request URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/polls/poll/1/

Django Version: 1.5.1
Python Version: 2.7.4
Installed Applications:
('django.contrib.auth',
 'django.contrib.contenttypes',
 'django.contrib.sessions',
 'django.contrib.sites',
 'django.contrib.messages',
 'django.contrib.staticfiles',
 'django.contrib.admin',
 'polls')
Installed Middleware:
('django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
 'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware')


Traceback:
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\base.py" in 
get_response
  115. response = callback(request, *callback_args, 
**callback_kwargs)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\admin\options.py" in 
wrapper
  372. return self.admin_site.admin_view(view)(*args, 
**kwargs)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\utils\decorators.py" in 
_wrapped_view
  91. response = view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\views\decorators\cache.py" in 
_wrapped_view_func
  89. response = view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\admin\sites.py" in inner
  202. return view(request, *args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\utils\decorators.py" in _wrapper
  25. return bound_func(*args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\utils\decorators.py" in 
_wrapped_view
  91. response = view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\utils\decorators.py" in 
bound_func
  21. return func(self, *args2, **kwargs2)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\db\transaction.py" in inner
  223. return func(*args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\admin\options.py" in 
change_view
  1108. self.log_change(request, new_object, change_message)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\admin\options.py" in 
log_change
  546. change_message  = message
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\admin\models.py" in 
log_action
  19. e.save()
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\base.py" in save
  546.force_update=force_update, 
update_fields=update_fields)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\base.py" in save_base
  650. result = manager._insert([self], fields=fields, 
return_id=update_pk, using=using, raw=raw)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\manager.py" in _insert
  215. return insert_query(self.model, objs, fields, **kwargs)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\query.py" in 
insert_query
  1661. return query.get_compiler(using=using).execute_sql(return_id)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\sql\compiler.py" in 
execute_sql
  937. cursor.execute(sql, params)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\db\backends\util.py" in execute
  41. return self.cursor.execute(sql, params)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\db\backends\sqlite3\base.py" in 
execute
  366. six.reraise(utils.DatabaseError, 
utils.DatabaseError(*tuple(e.args)), sys.exc_info()[2])
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\db\backends\sqlite3\base.py" in 
execute
  362. return Database.Cursor.execute(self, query, params)

Exception Type: DatabaseError at /admin/polls/poll/1/
Exception Value: no such table: django_admin_log

Was I supposed to set up this table earlier in the tutorial?  When I went 
back in the tutorial, I didn't see any mention of it.  I am working on a 
Windows laptop.

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