That's an interesting idea. Thanks. I suppose it's possible to register models with two different admin sites, although I've never tried doing that myself.
On Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at 5:21:04 PM UTC-4, luisza14 wrote: > > I suggest you to create a custom admin site for your external user where > you expose only the models that interact with the external user and create > a middleware for forbidden access to the other admin site. > > 2015-09-23 14:49 GMT-06:00 Bill Freeman <[email protected] <javascript:>>: > >> How technical are your users? >> What are your security constraints? >> How much work can you do to make it "pretty"? (Believe me, someone will >> ask.) >> Are there fields that you want to administer internally but don't want to >> expose to the users? >> Will your users object if you decide to move to a newer Django version >> and the interface changes/ >> >> You can make it work, but in many instances it will save you less effort >> than you though (might even be harder). >> >> A few custom views are pretty easy to roll out. >> >> On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 4:00 PM, Joshua Pokotilow <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> Hello! I just had a fairly lengthy conversation with my colleagues about >>> whether or not Django admin is well-suited to external users outside our >>> company. I took the position that for certain use-cases, exposing Django >>> admin to third parties makes a lot of sense, given that the admin >>> application has all kinds of features baked in that are well-suited to >>> certain admin tasks (ACL, customizable templates, dynamically built CRUD >>> forms, etc.). Unfortunately, I met with a lot of resistance on account of >>> fears over ease of customizability, security, and technology lock-in. >>> Furthermore, there was some concern that exposing Django admin to >>> third-parties might send us off the beaten path, and that doing so could be >>> an antipattern. >>> >>> I would appreciate knowing how other developers feel on this subject, >>> and would love to hear about how some larger companies that use Django >>> (Instagram, Disqus) think things through. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Django users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> <javascript:>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/59231ea7-4bd1-41c2-97ef-f294a380bcb4%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/59231ea7-4bd1-41c2-97ef-f294a380bcb4%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAB%2BAj0tme%3DvZdzKBf5ygJRqtACozy2ugi5qyKjG5WHDWENkUWA%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAB%2BAj0tme%3DvZdzKBf5ygJRqtACozy2ugi5qyKjG5WHDWENkUWA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > "La utopía sirve para caminar" Fernando Birri > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/8f4edbde-28b5-4002-99e1-d08ea7c30f3b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
