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-rw-r--r--docs/ref/templates/api.txt17
-rw-r--r--docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt10
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diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
index d74cb0c55a..584672e4f0 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ or :attr:`AdminSite.login_template` properties.
``AdminSite`` objects
=====================
-.. class:: AdminSite
+.. class:: AdminSite(name=None)
A Django administrative site is represented by an instance of
``django.contrib.admin.sites.AdminSite``; by default, an instance of
@@ -1256,6 +1256,14 @@ or add anything you like. Then, simply create an instance of your
Python class), and register your models and ``ModelAdmin`` subclasses
with it instead of using the default.
+.. versionadded:: 1.1
+
+When constructing an instance of an ``AdminSite``, you are able to provide
+a unique instance name using the ``name`` argument to the constructor. This
+instance name is used to identify the instance, especially when
+:ref:`reversing admin URLs <admin-reverse-urls>`. If no instance name is
+provided, a default instance name of ``admin`` will be used.
+
``AdminSite`` attributes
------------------------
@@ -1353,10 +1361,10 @@ a pattern for your new view.
.. note::
Any view you render that uses the admin templates, or extends the base
- admin template, should include in it's context a variable named
- ``admin_site`` that contains the name of the :class:`AdminSite` instance. For
- :class:`AdminSite` instances, this means ``self.name``; for :class:`ModelAdmin`
- instances, this means ``self.admin_site.name``.
+ admin template, should provide the ``current_app`` argument to
+ ``RequestContext`` or ``Context`` when rendering the template. It should
+ be set to either ``self.name`` if your view is on an ``AdminSite`` or
+ ``self.admin_site.name`` if your view is on a ``ModelAdmin``.
.. _admin-reverse-urls:
@@ -1370,37 +1378,31 @@ accessible using Django's :ref:`URL reversing system <naming-url-patterns>`.
The :class:`AdminSite` provides the following named URL patterns:
- ====================== =============================== =============
- Page URL name Parameters
- ====================== =============================== =============
- Index ``admin_index``
- Logout ``admin_logout``
- Password change ``admin_password_change``
- Password change done ``admin_password_change_done``
- i18n javascript ``admin_jsi18n``
- Application index page ``admin_app_list`` ``app_label``
- ====================== =============================== =============
-
-These names will be prefixed with the name of the :class:`AdminSite` instance,
-plus an underscore. For example, if your :class:`AdminSite` was named
-``custom``, then the Logout view would be served using a URL with the name
-``custom_admin_logout``. The default :class:`AdminSite` doesn't use a prefix
-in it's URL names.
+ ====================== ======================== =============
+ Page URL name Parameters
+ ====================== ======================== =============
+ Index ``index``
+ Logout ``logout``
+ Password change ``password_change``
+ Password change done ``password_change_done``
+ i18n javascript ``jsi18n``
+ Application index page ``app_list`` ``app_label``
+ ====================== ======================== =============
Each :class:`ModelAdmin` instance provides an additional set of named URLs:
- ====================== ===================================================== =============
- Page URL name Parameters
- ====================== ===================================================== =============
- Changelist ``admin_{{ app_label }}_{{ model_name }}_changelist``
- Add ``admin_{{ app_label }}_{{ model_name }}_add``
- History ``admin_{{ app_label }}_{{ model_name }}_history`` ``object_id``
- Delete ``admin_{{ app_label }}_{{ model_name }}_delete`` ``object_id``
- Change ``admin_{{ app_label }}_{{ model_name }}_change`` ``object_id``
- ====================== ===================================================== =============
+ ====================== =============================================== =============
+ Page URL name Parameters
+ ====================== =============================================== =============
+ Changelist ``{{ app_label }}_{{ model_name }}_changelist``
+ Add ``{{ app_label }}_{{ model_name }}_add``
+ History ``{{ app_label }}_{{ model_name }}_history`` ``object_id``
+ Delete ``{{ app_label }}_{{ model_name }}_delete`` ``object_id``
+ Change ``{{ app_label }}_{{ model_name }}_change`` ``object_id``
+ ====================== =============================================== =============
-Again, these names will be prefixed by the name of the :class:`AdminSite` in
-which they are deployed.
+These named URLs are registered with the application namespace ``admin``, and
+with an instance namespace corresponding to the name of the Site instance.
So - if you wanted to get a reference to the Change view for a particular
``Choice`` object (from the polls application) in the default admin, you would
@@ -1408,8 +1410,16 @@ call::
>>> from django.core import urlresolvers
>>> c = Choice.objects.get(...)
- >>> change_url = urlresolvers.reverse('admin_polls_choice_change', args=(c.id,))
+ >>> change_url = urlresolvers.reverse('admin:polls_choice_change', args=(c.id,))
+
+This will find the first registered instance of the admin application (whatever the instance
+name), and resolve to the view for changing ``poll.Choice`` instances in that instance.
+
+If you want to find a URL in a specific admin instance, provide the name of that instance
+as a ``current_app`` hint to the reverse call. For example, if you specifically wanted
+the admin view from the admin instance named ``custom``, you would need to call::
-However, if the admin instance was named ``custom``, you would need to call::
+ >>> change_url = urlresolvers.reverse('custom:polls_choice_change', args=(c.id,))
- >>> change_url = urlresolvers.reverse('custom_admin_polls_choice_change', args=(c.id,))
+For more details, see the documentation on :ref:`reversing namespaced URLs
+<topics-http-reversing-url-namespaces>`.
diff --git a/docs/ref/templates/api.txt b/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
index 05097b7e59..e3260a96f8 100644
--- a/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
@@ -86,9 +86,16 @@ Rendering a context
Once you have a compiled ``Template`` object, you can render a context -- or
multiple contexts -- with it. The ``Context`` class lives at
-``django.template.Context``, and the constructor takes one (optional)
-argument: a dictionary mapping variable names to variable values. Call the
-``Template`` object's ``render()`` method with the context to "fill" the
+``django.template.Context``, and the constructor takes two (optional)
+arguments:
+
+ * A dictionary mapping variable names to variable values.
+
+ * The name of the current application. This application name is used
+ to help :ref:`resolve namespaced URLs<topics-http-reversing-url-namespaces>`.
+ If you're not using namespaced URLs, you can ignore this argument.
+
+Call the ``Template`` object's ``render()`` method with the context to "fill" the
template::
>>> from django.template import Context, Template
@@ -549,13 +556,13 @@ Here are the template loaders that come with Django:
Note that the loader performs an optimization when it is first imported: It
caches a list of which :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS` packages have a
``templates`` subdirectory.
-
+
This loader is enabled by default.
``django.template.loaders.eggs.load_template_source``
Just like ``app_directories`` above, but it loads templates from Python
eggs rather than from the filesystem.
-
+
This loader is disabled by default.
Django uses the template loaders in order according to the
diff --git a/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt b/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt
index aedad6562f..a2f8b9f8b3 100644
--- a/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt
@@ -795,6 +795,16 @@ missing. In practice you'll use this to link to views that are optional::
<a href="{{ the_url }}">Link to optional stuff</a>
{% endif %}
+.. versionadded:: 1.1
+
+If you'd like to retrieve a namespaced URL, specify the fully qualified name::
+
+ {% url myapp:view-name %}
+
+This will follow the normal :ref:`namespaced URL resolution strategy
+<topics-http-reversing-url-namespaces>`, including using any hints provided
+by the context as to the current application.
+
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