Menu in Custom Dashboard

[brunocascio]

Hi guys!

I added a custom dashboard (replacing admin/index.html template). Furthermore i added a custom view (controller).

The problem is the menu (doesn't render). My question is, which is the context that should be send?

My Code:

urls.py

from hospitalizations.views import dashboard

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^$', dashboard, name="dashboard"),
    url(r'^hospitalizations/settings$', settings, name='settings'),
    url(r'^', include(admin.site.urls)),
]

Dashboard view (controller)
views.py

@staff_member_required
def dashboard(request):
    template_name = "admin/index.html"
    context = {}
    context['title'] = _('Dashboard')
    context['site_title'] = site.site_title
    context['site_header'] = site.site_header
    context['user'] = request.user
    context['total_hospitalizations'] = Hospitalization.objects.count()
    context['total_patients'] = Patient.objects.count()
    context['total_beds'] = Setting.get_total_beds()
    context['active_hospitalizations'] = Hospitalization.active_hospitalizations()
    context['free_beds'] = Hospitalization.get_free_beds()
    context['percentage_occupied_beds'] = Hospitalization.percentage_occupied_beds()

    # HERE MAYBE MENU ITEMS?
    return render_to_response(template_name, context)

The template:

{% extends "admin/base_site.html" %}
{% load i18n admin_static %}

{% block extrastyle %}
  {{ block.super }}
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/semantic-ui/2.0.4/components/icon.min.css"/>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% static "admin/css/epicrisis.css" %}" />
{% endblock %}

{% block breadcrumbs %}{% endblock %}

{% block sidebar %}{% endblock %}

{% block header_time %}{% endblock %}

{% block content %}
  ... all content ...
{% endblock %}

Screenshot:

NOTE: I use django 1.8

[SalahAdDin]

It's very awesome, what django-suit version have you?

[brunocascio]

@SalahAdDin That isn't default dashboard, is a custom dashboard.

[SalahAdDin]

It's awesome, very awesome.

[rouxxx]

Maybe it can help:

How to create a dashboard view : https://coderwall.com/p/ieh-sg/django-custom-dashboard-easy

To complete this tutorial, you have to modify this in your settings.py (doing this made the left menu re-appeared) :

INSTALLED_APPS
    ...
    'django.contrib.admin.apps.SimpleAdminConfig', #replaces 'django.contrib.admin'
    #'django.contrib.admin',
    ...

These two things allowed me to create a dashboard with an associated view (and so access all my models).

Django 1.7.8
Suit : 0.2.14

[mo-mughrabi]

@rouxxx +1 your suggestion worked for me thanks