How to change dynamically "Site administration" string in Django's admin?

Question

I want to replace dynamically "Site administration" by a custom string in my admin. I've already overridden "base.html" for some other purpose, but now I need to pass a variable to this template to replace {{ title }} in

{% block content_title %}{% if title %}<h1>{{ title }}</h1>{% endif %}{% endblock %}

I've seen from this question that a variable can be passed to the change list template by overriding changelist_view and adding an extra_context in the model admin, but how can I pass an extra context to the "main" page of the admin"?

okm · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-27T14:17:20.367

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The index() view is inside django.contrib.admin.site.AdminSite class and supports extra_context as well, you could override it, something like:

def index(self, *args, **kwargs):
     return admin.site.__class__.index(self, extra_context={'title':'customized title'}, *args, **kwargs)
admin.site.index = index.__get__(admin.site, admin.site.__class__)

Also you could override AdminSite directly and use customized_site instead of admin.site:

class CustomizedAdminSite(AdminSite):
    def index(self, *args, **kwargs):
        return super(CustomizedAdminSite, self).index(extra_context={...}, *args, **kwargs)
customized_site = CustomizedAdminSite()

If you want to have title in all Admin pages, better to use context processor or customize some template tag if you can.

edited Jun 27 '12 at 14:17

answered Jun 27 '12 at 12:16

okm

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How can I override index() in my admin.py? – jul Jun 27 '12 at 13:33
@jul there are ways to do this, just updated the answer by adding some. – okm Jun 27 '12 at 14:18
In the end I'm using a context processor. Thanks! – jul Jun 27 '12 at 14:29
@okm Isn't passing an arg after a kwarg illegal? – glarrain Jul 10 '13 at 04:02

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 27 '12 at 11:30

You override the "admin/base_site.html" template:

{% extends "admin/base.html" %}
{% load i18n %}

{% block title %} {{ title }} | {% trans 'YOUR TITLE HERE' %} {% endblock %}

{% block branding %}
<h1 id="site-name">{% trans 'STUFF HERE PERHAPS' %} </h1>
{% endblock %}

{% block nav-global %}

{% endblock %}

How to change dynamically "Site administration" string in Django's admin?

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