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Gpivovarov
Gpivovarov

Reputation: 51

no admin.py file in new django app

I'm new to Django and i've already come across a problem. I'm using Django 1.4.3 on OSX Mountain lion.

When I start a new app using 

    django-admin.py startapp "name"

the app is created and all the necessary files are within it (__Init__.py, models.py, tests.py, views.py). However, the admin.py file which should be automatically created is not in the app folder. Without it, i cannot edit my administrator site preferences.

Any ideas as to why this may be happening?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 7602

Answers (3)

Mark Lavin
Mark Lavin

Reputation: 25164

You are most likely reading the dev tutorial but using a stable release (currently 1.4.3). admin.py is created by startapp as of this commit which also updated the tutorial documentation but it won't make it into a stable release until 1.6.

Upvotes: 4

RyanBrady
RyanBrady

Reputation: 6983

Admin.py is not generated. In response to OP's to your comment on the post above:

From part 1 of the tutorial: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/intro/tutorial01/

Let’s look at what startproject created:

mysite/
    manage.py
    mysite/
        __init__.py
        settings.py
        urls.py
        wsgi.py

And on part 2, under the section "Make the poll app modifiable in the admin" it says:

But where’s our poll app? It’s not displayed on the admin index page.

Just one thing to do: We need to tell the admin that Poll objects have an admin interface. To do this, create a file called admin.py in your polls directory, and edit it to look like this:

from polls.models import Poll
from django.contrib import admin

admin.site.register(Poll)

Upvotes: 2

user1688936
user1688936

Reputation: 111

You have to create the file manually since the django admin is disabled by default.

Instructions on what to put in admin.py are here.

Upvotes: 8

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