Summary

In this chapter, we looked at how Django allows the customization of its admin site. It does so by providing easy-to-use properties for some of the more general parts of the site, such as title fields, headings, and home links. Beyond this, we learned how to build a custom admin site by leveraging the concepts of object-oriented programming in Python and creating a child class of AdminSite.

This functionality was further enhanced by implementing a custom template for the logout page. We also learned how we can supercharge our admin dashboard by adding a new set of views to allow enhanced usage of the dashboard.

As we move on to the next chapter, we will build upon what we have learned so far by learning how to create our own custom tags and filters for templates. Furthermore, using class-based views, we will gain the ability to build our views in an object-oriented style.