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diff --git a/docs/tutorial02.txt b/docs/tutorial02.txt index accf88abee..984c65b2ed 100644 --- a/docs/tutorial02.txt +++ b/docs/tutorial02.txt @@ -25,78 +25,36 @@ interface for site administrators to edit content. The admin isn't necessarily intended to be used by site visitors; it's for site managers. -Expose the admin media files +Start the development server ============================ -Django's admin is intended to be fully functional and good looking. For that -reason, Django ships with admin media files -- CSS, JavaScript and images -- -that comprise the admin's design. To set up a Django admin instance, the first -thing to do is put those media files online somewhere. +To make things easy, Django comes with a pure-Python Web server that builds on +the BaseHTTPServer included in Python's standard library. Let's start the +server and explore the admin site. First, set the ``DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE`` +environment variable to the location of your admin settings:: -(Note: Although Django ships with a default design for its admin site, you can -change it however you'd like. The admin uses Django's own template system and -is powered -- surprise, surprise -- by Django itself, so it is completely -customizable.) + export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=myproject.settings.admin -The files are in the ``media`` directory of the Django distribution. To -"activate" them, copy that directory under a Web document root somewhere, so -that you can access them via the Web. +Then, run this command to start the server:: -Be careful not to put your Python source code under the Web document root. Just -do the media files. + django-admin.py runserver -Then, tell Django where you put them, via ``ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX`` in the -``myproject.settings.admin`` settings file. Examples:: +It'll start a Web server running locally -- on port 8000, by default. If you +want to change the server's port, pass it as a command-line argument:: - # You can leave off the domain if they're on the same domain as your admin - # site will be. - ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = '/adminmedia/' + django-admin.py runserver 8080 - # Otherwise, use the fully-qualified domain. - ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = 'http://www.foo.com/adminmedia/' - -Make sure to include a trailing slash. - -Hook into mod_python -==================== - -Now let's take the opportunity to hook Django into Apache/mod_python. Edit your -``httpd.conf`` file and add this:: - - <Location "/admin/"> - SetHandler python-program - PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython - SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE myproject.settings.admin - PythonDebug On - </Location> - -This tells Apache: "Use mod_python for any URL at or under '/admin/', using the -Django mod_python handler." It also passes the value of ``DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE``, -so mod_python knows which project to use. Note that we're passing the path to -the ``admin`` settings, not the ``main`` settings. That's because this is the -admin site, which has slightly different settings. - -Also, if you've manually altered your ``PYTHONPATH`` to put your project on it, -you'll need to tell mod_python:: - - PythonPath "['/path/to/project'] + sys.path" - -You can also add directives such as ``PythonAutoReload Off`` for performance. -See the `mod_python documentation`_ for a full list of options. - -When you've done that, restart Apache and go to /admin/ on your domain. You -should see the admin's login screen: +Now, open a Web browser and go to "/admin/" on your domain. You should see the +admin's login screen: .. image:: http://media.djangoproject.com/img/doc/tutorial/admin01.png :alt: Django admin login screen -.. _mod_python documentation: http://modpython.org/live/current/doc-html/directives.html - Create a user account ===================== -We can't log in, though, because we haven't created an admin user account yet. -Drop into the Python interactive interpreter and type this:: +You can't log in, though, because you haven't created an admin user account +yet. Drop into the Python interactive interpreter and type this:: # The function django.models.auth.users.create_user() creates a new user # and returns the new auth.User object. @@ -151,12 +109,9 @@ file and make the following change to add an ``admin`` attribute:: ), ) -Reload the Django admin index page. Note that you might have to restart Apache, -depending on your Apache settings. Because mod_python saves code in memory for -performance, Python code changes generally aren't reflected until Apache -restarts. One way around this is to set ``MaxRequestsPerChild 1`` in your -httpd.conf to force Apache to reload everything for each request. But don't do -that on a production server, or we'll revoke your Django privileges. +Restart your development Web server, and reload the Django admin page. You'll +have to restart the server each time you make a change to Python code -- but +we're working on changing that. Explore the free admin functionality ==================================== |