I've a base.html file which has vertical and horizontal menu-bar:
Wherever I want to use that I just simply write:
{% extends 'base.html' %}
{% block content %}
//html code
{% endblock content %}
But I don't know how to use the same file base.html from templates directory in djando admin.
I want output like this:
What I Tried:
How to override and extend basic Django admin templates?
How do I correctly extend the django admin/base.html template?
Override Navbar in Django base admin page to be same as the base.html
I tried few other solution just don't want to increase the length of question and base.html file's code just has basic bootstrap, html code for menus.
I am new to Django, little explanation would be highly appreciated!
What you are looking is similar to nav-global.
Try this:
First create a folder in your templates folder as admin and create a html file(base_site.html) in the same folder
Assuming you have separate html file for menu-bars(Let's say the file is nav.html).
Write the below code in base_site.html:
{% extends 'admin/base.html' %}
{% block nav-global %}
{% include 'nav.html' %} #Your navigation html file
{% endblock %}
Unrelated to question: I found a git repo which will give you idea how to customize the django-admin menu.
You can just extend the admin's base template as
{% extends "admin/base.html" %}
For example:
{% extends "admin/base.html" %}
{% block sidebar %}
{{ block.super }}
<div>
<h1>Extra links</h1>
My extra link
</div>
{% endblock %}
Also, make sure that you have added the admin app to the INSTALLED_APPS
INSTALLED_APPS = [
# other apps,
'django.contrib.admin',
# other apps,
]
I had the same issue about a year and a half ago and I found a nice template loader on djangosnippets.org that makes this easy. It allows you to extend a template in a specific app, giving you the ability to create your own admin/index.html that extends the admin/index.html template from the admin app. Like this:
{% extends "admin:admin/index.html" %}
{% block sidebar %}
{{block.super}}
<div>
<h1>Extra links</h1>
My extra link
</div>
{% endblock %}
Related
I've been trying to use my custom 404- and 403 pages for my django project and I used code for it that I already used in other projects, but somehow it's not working yet.
This is my function:
def error_404(request, exception):
return render(request, 'main/errors/404.html', status=404)
And this is where i call the function in the urls.py:
handler404 = 'main_app.views.error_404'
This is my 404.html:
{% extends "../base.html" %}
{% load static %}
{% load i18n %}
<html>
<header>
{% block title %}<h1>404 - {% trans "Page not found" %}</h1>{% endblock %}
</header>
<main>
{% block content %}
<p>The page your looking for could not be found</p>
{% endblock %}
</main>
</html>
The pathes should actually be fine, since I used render(template_name=) alot in this project and I just copied it and changed the file name. I also set the DEBUG=False in the settings.py
Does anybody have an idea?
As far as I know, and this is the approach I always used, the way to do it is to simply create a 404.html page at root level in the templates folder.
Is there a way to extend base.html file in python django by default, I want it because I am overwriting {% extends %} tag in every html file
No but what you can do however is created a new HTML file called for example, header-tags.html with something like that :
{% extends "base.html" %}
{% load static %}
.... more tags
And then include this snippet wherever you want with {% include 'header-tags.html' %}
I am trying to set up a proper workflow for a personal website.
I am using the Cactus static site generator which makes use of the Django template system.
I know what I want to do, but I am not sure how to do it as the tutorials for Cactus are limited.
This is what my directory structure looks like:
/mysite/pages/
/mysite/templates/
/mysite/mycontent/
/mysite/plugins/
My template, /mysite/pages/menu.html, looks like this:
<p>Welcome to the page!</p>
{% block body %}
{% endblock %}
And one of my page articles, /mysite/pages/testpage.html, looks like this
{% extends "menu.html" %}
{%block body %}
<p> Test Content </p>
{% endblock %}
But what I am trying to do is set this up so that whatever I want to write for Test Content can be written somewhere else and the copied in to the folder. Something like this:
{% extends "menu.html" %}
{%block body %}
{%include "../mysite/mycontent/TestContent.html}
{% endblock %}
Is this something that Django templates needs to manage? Like I said, I am using Cactus which uses Django templates but I have looked around and am not sure what the standard way of doing this is, even though it seems to work with MVC/MVT philosophy.
There is also an option to use Django plugins with Cactus.
Thanks!
I figured out what I was trying to do. I just had to include the html I wanted using the template language.
{% extends "menu.html" %}
{%block body %}
{% include "./file.html" %}
{% endblock %}
I need to edit the "Add Object" action in the admin. It needs to redirect the user to a custom cause the logic required for adding objects is too complex to be managed in the admin. So, how do I make this possible? i.e:
The picture shows a django-suit admin, but the question is the same. How can I make that button redirect to a custom url? Or, how can I create a similar button that redirects to a custom url (I could disable the default create and leave only the custom button).
Override change_list_template html, the block object-tools-items. It's where add button is placed.
class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
change_list_template = 'change_list.html'
In your change_list.html
{% extends "admin/change_list.html" %}
{% load i18n admin_static admin_list %}
{% block object-tools-items %}
{% if has_add_permission %}
<li>
<a href="your/custom/url" class="addlink">
{% blocktrans with cl.opts.verbose_name as name %}Add {{ name }}{% endblocktrans %}
</a>
</li>
{% endif %}
{% endblock %}
You need to add your new html in any dir that is included on TEMPLATE_DIRS options. But, you should do it inside your model's app.
-app
-templates
-admin
change_list.html
Add above dir in TEMPLATE DIRS paths.
How can I use nav-global for navigation and hide the breadcrumbs in the django admin app. I've found ways to do this but they seem hackish and problematic. I'm looking for a clean reliable solution.
Naive Approach that doesn't work:
customize admin/base_site.html
{% extends "admin/base.html" %}
{% load i18n %}
{% block title %}{{ title }} | {% trans 'Django site admin' %}{% endblock %}
{% block branding %}
<h1 id="site-name">{% trans 'Django administration' %}</h1>
{% endblock %}
{% block nav-global %}Some links will go here...{% endblock %}
{% block breadcrumbs %}{% endblock %}
this doesn't work because the templates in django admin like change_list.html that extend base_site.html will define content for breadcrumbs which will override whatever I have set in base_site.html.
solution 1: CSS
Add the following css to admin using the extrastyle block. This works, but the breadcrumbs still get generated and appear in the HTML source. This feels hacky.
.breadcrumbs {
display: none;
}
Solution 2: override base.html
Override base.html and remove the breadcrumbs block. Children will try to define it but it never exists so it never gets rendered. This also seems like a hack. It's also not a good idea to override base.html as each Django release can make many changes to base.html and the admin app could break between releases.
Extend all templates that you want to render an empty breadcrumbs block. Your first attempt (you say doesn't work) will work, just extend the other templates as well. Like change_list.html:
{% extends "admin/change_list.html" %}
{% block breadcrumbs %}
{% endblock %}
change_form.html:
{% extends "admin/change_form.html" %}
{% block breadcrumbs %}
{% endblock %}
The same for:
500.html
app_index.html
change_password.html
delete_confirmation.html
delete_selected_confirmation.html
invalid_setup.html
object_history.html
login.html and index.html have an empty breadcrumb block.
Downside is that the templates need to be applied per app. This means duplicated templates. If you want to do project wide with single templates you end up with other hacks: copying the complete original templates OR let the templates extend /path/to/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/templates/template_name.html.
Use CSS. You can also hide app_label which is 2nd child.
.breadcrumbs>ul li:nth-child(2),
#grp-breadcrumbs>ul li:nth-child(2) {
display:none;
}
To avoid the recursion problem:
Install django-apptemplates
pip install django-apptemplates
Add the template loader to your settings.py. If you are using Django >= 1.8, add it in the TEMPLATES setting (more details in the doc).
You can now override a template by adding app_name: in the extends tag:
{% extends "admin:admin/change_form.html" %}
{% block breadcrumbs %}
{% endblock %}