django CMS Admin Style

Adds pretty CSS styles for the django CMS admin interface. Supports optional django-admin-shortcuts package.

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The shortcuts you see on top of the dashboard are from django-admin-shortcuts

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Documentation

See REQUIREMENTS in the setup.py file for additional dependencies:

Installation

For a manual install:

• run pip install djangocms-admin-style
• add djangocms_admin_style to your INSTALLED_APPS just before 'django.contrib.admin'
• run python manage.py migrate djangocms_admin_style

Configuration

The django CMS Admin Style overrides django admin's base_site.html, but you can still partially customize this page. Look at the source of templates/admin/base_site.html and override the templates that are included in various blocks. For example, you can add your own CSS in templates/admin/inc/extrastyle.html.

The following additional settings can be set:

• CMS_ENABLE_UPDATE_CHECK = True Set to False to disable the update notification.
• CMS_UPDATE_CHECK_TYPE = ('minor') Set to ('patch') to get only patch notifications. (minor = 3.x.x, patch = 3.4.x)

The update checker does not gather or record any data.

To compile CSS run the following commands using node 16:

• nvm use
• npm install
• npx gulp icons sass bundle

For further options have a look at the gulpfile.js.

Dark mode support

Django supports a dark mode admin since version 3.1. djangocms-admin-style introduces css variables that contain color codes and change with the selected mode:

CMS variable name	Color	Django admin fallback	Color
--dca-white	#ffffff	--body-bg	#ffffff
--dca-black	#000000	--body-fg	#303030
--dca-gray	#666	--body-quiet-color	#666
--dca-gray-lightest	#f2f2f2	--darkened-bg	#f8f8f8
--dca-gray-lighter	#ddd	--border-color	#ccc
--dca-gray-light	#999	--close-button-bg	#888
--dca-gray-darker	#454545
--dca-gray-darkest	#333
--dca-gray-super-lightest	#f7f7f7
--dca-primary	#00bbff	--primary	#79aec8

Extending styles in your own app

If your project or app requires specific styles if djangocms-admin-style is installed (e.g., to better adjust to the django CMS style) you can add selective styling by adding the .djangocms-admin-style selector:

// Show widget in CMS colors if djangocms-admin-style is installed
.djangocms-admin-style #my-widget {
    color:  var(--dca-primary, black);
}

We recommend to following rules for your app's admin css:

• Try avoid using color, background etc. styles where possible and meaningful
• If necessary use as few as possible standard django CMS colors (preferably from see above list with fallback colors)
• Usage: var(--dca-color-var, var(--fallback-color-var, #xxxxxx)) where #xxxxxx represents the light version of the color.

Running Tests

You can run tests by executing:

virtualenv env
source env/bin/activate
pip install -r tests/requirements/base.txt
python setup.py test

In order to run integration tests you need to have Docker installed, then run the following command:

make test

To test other Django versions simply append VERSION=4.1`. You can also run the test server through:

make run

The integration tests are written using Casperjs, phantomcss and djangocms-casper-helpers.