How to customize Django Admin site by itself ?

vijaysoni007

Vijay Soni

Posted on July 10, 2022

How to customize Django Admin site by itself ?

Hello Developers✌,
In this tutorial you are going to learn how you can customize Django Admin site by itself.

First install 3rd party package called django-admin-interface

pip install django-admin-interface
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Add package to installed apps in settings.py file.

# project/settings.py

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    # Add package before the django.contrib.admin
    'admin_interface',
    'colorfield',

    # django apps
    'django.contrib.admin',
    ...
]
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Add following at bottom of settings.py file.

X_FRAME_OPTIONS = "SAMEORIGIN"
SILENCED_SYSTEM_CHECKS = ["security.W019"]
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Run migrate to apply migrations.

py manage.py migrate
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then collect the static files.

py manage.py collectstatic
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If you do not have configured static settings then update your settings.py file like following.

STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = (str(BASE_DIR.joinpath('static')),)
STATIC_ROOT = str(BASE_DIR.joinpath('staticfiles'))
STATICFILES_FINDERS = [
"django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder",
"django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder",
]
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then run the server.

py manage.py runserver
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Go to localhost:8000/admin

Click on the themes model.

Themes

click on the django entry to update the admin interface.

change the entry django

You will see there are so many options to update the UI.

Change the colors, title, logo, etc. as you like.

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vijaysoni007
Vijay Soni

Posted on July 10, 2022

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