Well, 1.2 is due out any day now... and hopefully you will be able to upgrade. I am sure that, if the current track record of Django is anything to go by, the documentation will "meet or exceed" the quality of the code! That's just one advantage of working with a platform developed by journalists...
On 1 March 2010 18:37, snfctech <tschm...@sacfoodcoop.com> wrote: > Thanks for the link, Derek. It's good to know that Django is > integrating more JS into the admin - although I'm using 1.1.1, not > 1.2. Hopefully customizing the admin with JQuery will make its way > into the core documentation, as well. > > On Mar 1, 12:31 am, derek <gamesb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Before you give up hope ;) you should read >> this:http://djangoadvent.com/1.2/jquery-admin/ >> >> In the meanwhile, yes, there are a ton of good blog entries out there >> on how to extend the admin with javascript (usually jQuery). When I >> am feeling more organised, I will try and post some links here... >> >> On Feb 26, 8:39 pm, snfctech <tschm...@sacfoodcoop.com> wrote: >> >> > Thanks for the encouragement, Timothy. I haven't given up, but I'm >> > scratching my head, and puzzled by why I have to look at people's blog >> > posts to figure out how to use javascript/AJAXwith Django. It may be >> > that I disagree with Django's philosophy that the framework should not >> > be coupled with JS. >> >> > On Feb 26, 10:34 am, Timothy Kinney <timothyjkin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > > Django was definitely designed to be extended. But it is sometimes hard >> > > to >> > > find the write ways to extend what you specifically want. Don't give up >> > > on >> > > extending admin. Hopefully someone will point you in the write direction. >> >> > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:06 AM, snfctech <tschm...@sacfoodcoop.com> >> > > wrote: >> > > > (Disclamor: I am new to Python/Django. Used to PHP/MVC ways of doing >> > > > things.) >> >> > > > I want to customize the admin view, because it already does >50% of >> > > > what I want for my application. >> >> > > > So, do I... >> >> > > > 1. Alter the HTML sent to the template? >> >> > > > One of the first things I want to do is add anAJAXonclick record >> > > > detail display below the built-in change_list view. So, I started by >> > > > thinking I need to add an onclick attribute or at least a <tr> id to >> > > > the HTML that is rendered for the result_list block in the change_list >> > > > template. This got me sniffing around django.contrib.admin.views.main >> > > > and other files and I soon felt like I was barking up the wrong tree. >> >> > > > 2. Traverse the DOM on domready? >> >> > > > Then SmileyChris on #django suggested I add JS to traverse the DOM in >> > > > order to add my onclick attribute. So I thought, okay, now I need to >> > > > learn the right way to write javascript for Django. So I entered the >> > > > keyword "javascript" in the Django documentation search field, and the >> > > > results were not very satisfying. Then I checked djangobook.com and >> > > > found a tiny section called "Custom JavaScript" in chapter 17. I >> > > > thought, "great, I'll just window.addEvent('domready', function() >> > > > { var changelist = document.getElementById('changelist')}); and go >> > > > from there." But, no dice. No 'changelist' node on domready. I >> > > > don't get it. >> >> > > > So I spent the rest of the day googling and banging my head trying to >> > > > figure out how Django deals with Javascript. The best I found were >> > > > some links to random blogs like: >> >> > > >http://lethain.com/entry/2008/sep/21/intro-to-unintrusive-javascript-... >> > > > . >> > > > But I kept searching because I thought learning how to work with >> > > > javascript/AJAXin Django must certainly be in the core documentation >> > > > somewhere, not in a random blog. Am I missing something? >> >> > > > So, is the right way to extend and admin view withAJAXone of the >> > > > above methods I mentioned? >> >> > > > Is the authoritative Django documentation for how to work with >> > > > javascript/AJAXa blog like >> > > >http://lethain.com/entry/2008/sep/21/intro-to-unintrusive-javascript-... >> > > > ? >> >> > > > Am I already going down the wrong path because, even though the admin >> > > > code does >50% of what I want my app to do, I should not be >> > > > customizing the admin code to build my app. >> >> > > > Thanks in advance for any tips. >> >> > > > -- >> > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > > > Groups >> > > > "Django users" group. >> > > > To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. >> > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > > > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<django-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> > > > . >> > > > For more options, visit this group at >> > > >http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. 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