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diff --git a/docs/tutorial02.txt b/docs/tutorial02.txt index 7ed04be643..0b17593165 100644 --- a/docs/tutorial02.txt +++ b/docs/tutorial02.txt @@ -435,18 +435,17 @@ Customize the admin index page On a similar note, you might want to customize the look and feel of the Django admin index page. -By default, it displays all available apps, according to your ``INSTALLED_APPS`` -setting. But the order in which it displays things is random, and you may want -to make significant changes to the layout. After all, the index is probably the -most important page of the admin, and it should be easy to use. +By default, it displays all the apps in your ``INSTALLED_APPS`` setting that +have been registered with the admin application, in alphabetical order. You +may want to make significant changes to the layout. After all, the index is +probably the most important page of the admin, and it should be easy to use. The template to customize is ``admin/index.html``. (Do the same as with ``admin/base_site.html`` in the previous section -- copy it from the default directory to your custom template directory.) Edit the file, and you'll see it -uses a template tag called ``{% get_admin_app_list as app_list %}``. That's the -magic that retrieves every installed Django app. Instead of using that, you can -hard-code links to object-specific admin pages in whatever way you think is -best. +uses a template variable called ``app_list``. That variable contains every +installed Django app. Instead of using that, you can hard-code links to +object-specific admin pages in whatever way you think is best. Django offers another shortcut in this department. Run the command ``python manage.py adminindex polls`` to get a chunk of template code for |