Implementing Django Grappelli Dashboard

Question

I've happily implemented Grappelli for the first time. I was trying to implement the dashboard but it doesn't seem to be activating. Trouble is, I'm not sure what it looks like.

The Grappelli dashboard.py is applied (generated by createdashboard)

settings.py (interesting parts)

MEDIA_ROOT = 'I:/xampp/htdocs/project/media'
MEDIA_URL = 'http://cdn.pd/'
ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = 'http://cdn.project/'
GRAPPELLI_ADMIN_HEADLINE = 'Admin Headline'
GRAPPELLI_INDEX_DASHBOARD = 'pd.dashboard.CustomIndexDashboard'
GRAPPELLI_ADMIN_URL = '/admin/'

TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
    'I:/xampp/htdocs/pd/src/templates'
)

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.sites',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'grappelli.dashboard',
    'grappelli',
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'south',
)

does anyone have any pointers? Heres a format of my project. Its empty aside from basic django initiation:

project  - pd
         |
         |- dashboard.py
         |- urls.py
         |- settings.py

Any pointers would be cool.

the dashboard.py must be located outside pd folder because your path is pd.dashboard.CustomIndexDashboard — catherine, Mar 03 '13 at 12:38

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 03 '13 at 12:18

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Check if you not customized templates/admin/index.html in your code. I see that grapelli and grappelli.dashboard use different files, but only when you use second one, your dashboard be visible.

answered Mar 03 '13 at 12:18

spoksss

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indeed dashboard/template/admin/index.html needs to be used. Nice catch! – zzart Mar 05 '13 at 12:51

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 16 '11 at 11:55

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This might be a little late for you. You need also need to add django.core.context_processors.request to TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS.

settings.py will include:

TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
"django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
"django.core.context_processors.debug",
"django.core.context_processors.i18n",
"django.core.context_processors.media",
"django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
"django.core.context_processors.request"

)

answered Mar 16 '11 at 11:55

AgDude

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I had done that yes. I just gave up on this. I've never used the dashboard. I think there is a conspiracy and it doesn't actually exist. But +1 for good advice. Cheers. – Glycerine Oct 21 '11 at 09:26

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