Tips and tricks to let you know all the things you *can* do with the Django admin (understanding that it has its limits, of course). Curated by @spookylukey

Joined August 2016
“The admin now has a sidebar on larger screens for easier navigation. It is enabled by default but can be disabled by using a custom AdminSite and setting AdminSite.enable_nav_sidebar to False.” This is pretty nice! It's collapsible of course. docs.djangoproject.com/en/de…
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Well I've done it. With many thanks to @webology, @AdamChainz, @laceynwilliams and countless others, I've written my first Django-oriented blog post. The credit for the inspiration goes to them all, the blame is solely mine. dev.to/kenwhitesell/abusing-…
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I am writing a new book Django Admin Cookbook and looking for feedback: reddit.com/r/django/comments…. If you are on reddit, please leave feedback there. Please RT.
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Change label on a field in Django admin by @dlorden coderwall.com/p/okfxpg
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In #django model admin, list_filter can refer to a model from the opposite side of many-to-many relation. For example, if Book model has a ManyToMany field authors, then the BookAdmin can have list_filter = ["authors"] as well as the AuthorAdmin can have list_filter = ["book"].
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I just published “How to add a text filter to Django Admin” medium.com/p/how-to-add-a-te…
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Really enjoying the 2.0 #django release. Mobile-friendly admin interface is a big step forward. Improvements to routing syntax and new GIS features are super nice.
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I just published “Django Admin Range-Based Date Hierarchy” medium.com/p/django-admin-ra…
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Great solution to fixing `date_hierarchy` performance problems for some use cases, nicely packaged up for you! xitter.cf/be_haki/status/9163124…
I just published “Scaling Django Admin Date Hierarchy” medium.com/p/scaling-django-…
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