Re: newbie questions regarding models and admin

2009-11-24 Thread Tim Valenta
Your first question about how to separate fields is not perfectly clear to me. However, I can say that I typically put *all* fields on the actual admin objects, since an admin is typically not the one you're trying to restrict. Then, in your own custom views (and the forms you render in those vie

Re: newbie questions regarding models and admin

2009-11-24 Thread Andreas Kuntzagk
Hi nek4life wrote: > The philosophy of the admin app is that it is a simple CRUD interface > for trusted staff members to manage data. If you need data entry for > non staff members (i.e. people you do not trust with the admin) you > should create public facing forms and setup some permissions fo

Re: newbie questions regarding models and admin

2009-11-24 Thread nek4life
The philosophy of the admin app is that it is a simple CRUD interface for trusted staff members to manage data. If you need data entry for non staff members (i.e. people you do not trust with the admin) you should create public facing forms and setup some permissions for the users to be able to us

newbie questions regarding models and admin

2009-11-24 Thread Andreas Kuntzagk
Hi, I'm quite new to django and very new to this list. I'm in the process of writing a small webapp for our lab. Working with the tutorial I already put together a small model and some admin pages. But now I came to some stumbling blocks: First is a broader question: I'm wondering what belongs t