Getting Started

Application

Make sure the django.contrib.admin is installed in settings.py:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.sites',
)

Make sure that the following are uncommented, since the admin application depends on them:
```
django.contrib.auth
django.contrib.contenttypes
django.contrib.sessions
```

Database

Create the database tables which are used by admin interface:

python manage.py syncdb

Note:

When you first run syncdb with django.contrib.auth in INSTALLED_APPS, you’ll be asked about creating a superuser. If you didn’t do so at that time, you’ll need to run django/contrib/auth/bin/create_superuser.py to create an admin user. Otherwise, you won’t be able to log in to the admin interface.

Models

Not all models can (or should) be editable by admin users. You need to create a ModelAdmin class for each model which you want included in the admin interface.

Edit the app-name/admin.py file:

from django.contrib import admin
from myproject.myapp.models import Book

class BookAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    pass
admin.site.register(Book, BookAdmin)

URL

Add (or uncomment) the autodiscover and URL pattern to urls.py:

from django.contrib import admin
admin.autodiscover()

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    (r'^admin/(.*)', admin.site.root),

Usage

Start your development server:

python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8080

Visit the administration interface: http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/.