Quick start guide

For using Grappelli, Django needs to be installed and an Admin Site has to be activated.

Download

Using easy_install:

easy_install -Z django-grappelli

Note that the -Z flag is required to tell easy_install not to create a zipped package (zipped packages prevent certain features of Django from working properly).

Using pip:

pip install django-grappelli

Using svn (recommended):

svn checkout http://django-grappelli.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/grappelli/ grappelli

or download the package from http://code.google.com/p/django-grappelli/downloads/list

Installation

Open settings.py and add grappelli to your INSTALLED_APPS (before django.contrib.admin):

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'grappelli',
    'django.contrib.admin',
)

Add URL-patterns:

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    (r'^grappelli/', include('grappelli.urls')),
)

Collect the media files:

python manage.py collectstatic

Set ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX:

ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = STATIC_URL + "grappelli/"

Note

Please refer to the Staticfiles Documentation for setting up and using staticfiles.

If you’re not using staticfiles you can either use a symlink from your media-directory (given by MEDIA_ROOT and MEDIA_URL) or copy the grappelli media-files to your media-directory. Don’t forget to set ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX accordingly.

Testing

Start the devserver and login to your admin site:

python manage.py runserver <IP-address>:8000

Check if everything looks/works as expected. If you’re having problems, see Troubleshooting.

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