Chapter 18. Customizing the Admin Interface

What You’ll Learn in This Hour

  • How to override admin templates at the site level
  • How to create your own custom admin views
  • How to override admin templates at the application level
  • How to override admin templates at the object level
  • How to override admin templates at the block level
  • How to override the built-in admin views

The preceding hour discussed how to customize the look of models in the admin interface. This hour discusses how to customize the look, feel, and behavior of the admin interface.

The admin interface is made up of URL patterns that link to view functions that render template files. The URL patterns, views, and templates aren’t any different from what you have used so far. They include ...

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