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Customizable Django Admin themes

Create django project and then create super user to access django admin.

python manage.py createsuperuser
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Now django-admin-interface package. django-admin-interface is a modern responsive flat admin interface customizable by the admin itself.

pip install django-admin-interface
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After installation, add "admin_interface", "colorfield" in INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py

# settings.py

    INSTALLED_APPS = [

    "admin_interface", #this
    "colorfield", #this

    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',

    'qrcodeapp',

]

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add this if in INSTALLED_APPS

 "flat_responsive", # only if django version < 2.0
 "flat", # only if django version < 1.9
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Now migrate

python manage.py migrate
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This package ships with optional themes as fixtures, they can be installed using the loaddata admin command. Optional themes are activated on installation.

DJANGO THEME (DEFAULT):

python manage.py loaddata admin_interface_theme_django.json
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BOOTSTRAP THEME:

python manage.py loaddata admin_interface_theme_bootstrap.json
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FOUNDATION THEME:

python manage.py loaddata admin_interface_theme_foundation.json
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U.S. WEB DESIGN STANDARDS THEME:

python manage.py loaddata admin_interface_theme_uswds.json
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Now run the server and hit http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin and now login yourself.

You can see themes get added

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Package: django-admin-interface

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