""" Author: Harmanas S. C. Description: Was inspired by: http://djangosnippets.org/snippets/1939/ I rewrote it from scratch because it wasn't working on my install. Installation Instructions: 1) Specify app ordering in settings.py 2) Place the custom templatetag in one of your installed apps templatetag folders. 3) Add the template code to your 'admin/index.html' template. """ """ 1) In settings.py """ ... ... ADMIN_REORDER = ( ("Auth", ("Users", "Groups")), ("Dashboard", ("Dashboards", "Querys", "Query templates", "Charts")), ("Sites", ("Sites")) ) ... ... """ 2) In /templatetags/custom_tags.py """ from django.template.base import Node, NodeList, Template, Context, Variable from django.template.base import get_library, Library, InvalidTemplateLibrary from django import template from django.conf import settings from string import strip, replace from re import sub class AppOrderNode(Node): """ Reorders the app_list and child model lists on the admin index page. """ def render(self, context): if 'app_list' in context: app_list = list(context['app_list']) ordered = [] # look at each app in the user order for app in settings.ADMIN_REORDER: app_name, app_models = app[0], app[1] # look at each app in the orig order for app_def in app_list: if app_def['name'] == app_name: model_list = list(app_def['models']) mord = [] # look at models in user order for model_name in app_models: # look at models in orig order for model_def in model_list: if model_def['name'] == model_name: mord.append(model_def) model_list.remove(model_def) break mord[len(mord):] = model_list ordered.append({'app_url': app_def['app_url'], 'models': mord, 'name': app_def['name']}) app_list.remove(app_def) break ordered[len(ordered):] = app_list context['app_list'] = ordered return '' def app_order(parser, token): return AppOrderNode() var = register.tag(app_order) """ 3) In 'admin/index.html' template. """ ... ... {% load custom_tags %} {% if app_list %} {% app_order %} {% for app in app_list %}
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