Django 3 : Creating an administration site for models

The administration module is very convenient and is included by default with Django. It is a module that will maintain the content of the database without difficulty. This is not a database manager because it cannot maintain the structure of the database.

Installing the module

Step 1 : The django.contrib.admin application is already included in the INSTALLED_APPS setting, so you don't need to add it

django.contrib.admin

Step 2 : You also have to edit the urls.py file by adding or uncommenting the following lines:

from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path

from . import views

urlpatterns = [
    path('', views.index),
    path('page', views.page),
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
]

Creating a superuser

Step 3 : First, you will need to create a user to manage the administration site. Run the following command:

python manage.py createsuperuser

Step 4 : You will see the following output; enter your desired username, email, and password, as follows:

The Django administration site

Step 5 : Now start the development server with the python manage.py runserver command and open http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/ in your browser. You should see the administration login page, as shown in the following screenshot:

python manage.py runserver

Step 6 : Log in using the credentials of the user you created in the preceding step. You will see the administration site index page, as shown in the following screenshot:

Adding models to the administration site

Step 7 : Let's add your myproject models to the administration site. Edit the admin.py file of the blog application and make it look like this:

from django.contrib import admin
from .models import UserProfile
admin.site.register(UserProfile)

Step 8 : Now reload the administration site in your browser. You should see your Post model on the site, as follows:

Step 9 : Click on the Add link beside User profiles to add a new User profiles