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[{"user_id": 3916, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18143, "date_created": 1302291053.4463651, "message": "I didn't mean to imply that using nexus would mean dropping contrib.admin\u2026 I'm just trying to get an idea of what the key benefits are of implementing my admin w/ nexus", "group_id": 81, "id": 595058}, {"user_id": 3916, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18143, "date_created": 1302291122.0282791, "message": "i've pulled it down and enabled it, and it puts a nice skin on top of the admin, but i haven't had much chance to wade through the code to get a complete understanding of what else it's intended to add to the admin", "group_id": 81, "id": 595067}, {"user_id": 26100, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18143, "date_created": 1302290978.4799261, "message": "Are they mutually exclusive? \"Nexus by default includes a module that will automatically pick up django.contrib.admin.\"", "group_id": 81, "id": 595032}, {"user_id": 1736, "stars": [{"date_created": 1302565821.2220199, "user_id": 141}], "topic_id": 18143, "date_created": 1302292362.6849091, "message": "It provides a framework for admin-ish things (stuff that only matters to devs/admin users) but aren't using contrib.admin. The primary example is Sentry.", "group_id": 81, "id": 595318}, {"user_id": 1736, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18143, "date_created": 1302293490.068929, "message": "What features do you need that admin doesn't provide by default?", "group_id": 81, "id": 595513}, {"user_id": 3916, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18143, "date_created": 1302292941.6630731, "message": "that makes sense\u2026 so it looks like i'll really need to setup sentry and/or gargoyle to get a feel for how they hook into it. has anyone put together any writeups that document the framework and how to extend it?", "group_id": 81, "id": 595426}, {"user_id": 3916, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18143, "date_created": 1302293598.9127071, "message": "The functionality is all there\u2026I'm doing a rewrite of a site that was running \"okay\" on the admin alone (aside from a couple tweaks to do drag-n-drop sorting, etc.)", "group_id": 81, "id": 595533}, {"user_id": 3916, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18143, "date_created": 1302293620.833848, "message": "But I really want an admin with a more workable workflow for the users", "group_id": 81, "id": 595536}, {"user_id": 3916, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18143, "date_created": 1302293759.98295, "message": "I want something closer to a wizard for the required administrative workflows. I'm definitely leaning toward a fully custom admin for this, but I'd like to leverage as much as I can of contrib.admin or other modules/apps", "group_id": 81, "id": 595568}, {"user_id": 3916, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18143, "date_created": 1302293279.8553751, "message": "Ultimately I'm just trying to figure out whether I want to roll my own admin, or if existing tools will allow me to extend contrib.admin to do what I need it to do\u2026", "group_id": 81, "id": 595480}, {"user_id": 3916, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18143, "date_created": 1302293828.65611, "message": "I hear ya\u2026", "group_id": 81, "id": 595586}, {"user_id": 1736, "stars": [{"date_created": 1302318668.7980411, "user_id": 1}, {"date_created": 1302565859.5327179, "user_id": 141}], "topic_id": 18143, "date_created": 1302293793.568079, "message": "That would be an example of something very hard to mold Admin into. You are probably better off just taking modelforms and making what you want.", "group_id": 81, "id": 595578}, {"user_id": 3916, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18143, "date_created": 1302294011.3776021, "message": "Thanks for the input", "group_id": 81, "id": 595609}, {"user_id": 209, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18143, "date_created": 1302353735.477051, "message": "There is a FormWizard class in contrib that will help you out.", "group_id": 81, "id": 602054}, {"user_id": 34116, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18143, "date_created": 1306245522.7449329, "message": "@coderanger hey guys. as for me I need nested inlines and in general edit mptt models on one page. is it possible?", "group_id": 81, "id": 1166149}, {"user_id": 1127, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18143, "date_created": 1306310387.6182959, "message": "Nexus is definitely best suited for \"custom\" admin applications, that dont fit within the guidelines of django.contrib.admin. nexus-memcache is a good example of this, as its simply monitor. Gargoyle is another good example as it has an extremely custom interface (though it could also be pulled off in the admin).", "group_id": 81, "id": 1175579}, {"user_id": 26595, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18143, "date_created": 1306311075.217927, "message": "Any work being done on it? Still see a media folder instead of a static one, which is a good indication if it's 1.3 ready ;-)", "group_id": 81, "id": 1175690}, {"user_id": 1127, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18143, "date_created": 1306312160.353544, "message": "Nexus serves its own media. Never worry about static media within an app thats built on Nexus :)", "group_id": 81, "id": 1175797}, {"user_id": 1127, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18143, "date_created": 1306312180.3436191, "message": "(On that note, we're upgrading to Django 1.3 right now, and we use Nexus, so if somethings wrong you can rest assured it wont be wrong for long)", "group_id": 81, "id": 1175798}, {"user_id": 2588, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18143, "date_created": 1306377390.7205811, "message": "django-cms would be a good example that you could borrow from for working with mptt models.", "group_id": 81, "id": 1187137}, {"user_id": 2588, "stars": [], "topic_id": 18143, "date_created": 1306377339.004158, "message": "@livskiy There is no support built in for nested inlines: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/9025", "group_id": 81, "id": 1187131}]