Working custom admin view.

djrill/__init__.py

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+from django.contrib.admin.sites import AdminSite
+from django.utils.text import capfirst
+
+VERSION = (0, 1, 0)
+__version__ = '.'.join([str(x) for x in VERSION])
+
+
+class DjrillAdminSite(AdminSite):
+    index_template = "djrill/index.html"
+    custom_views = []
+
+    def register_view(self, path, view, name=None):
+        """Add a custom admin view.
+
+        * `path` is the path in the admin where the view will live, e.g.
+            http://example.com/admin/somepath
+        * `view` is any view function you can imagine.
+        * `name` is an optional pretty name for the list of custom views. If
+            empty, we'll guess based on view.__name__.
+        """
+        self.custom_views.append((path, view, name))
+
+    def get_urls(self):
+        """Add our custom views to the admin urlconf."""
+        urls = super(DjrillAdminSite, self).get_urls()
+        from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, url
+        for path, view, name in self.custom_views:
+            urls += patterns('',
+                url(r'^%s$' % path, self.admin_view(view)),
+            )
+        return urls
+
+    def index(self, request, extra_context=None):
+        """Make sure our list of custom views is on the index page."""
+        if not extra_context:
+            extra_context = {}
+        custom_list = [(path, name if name else
+                        capfirst(view.__name__)) for path, view, name in
+                        self.custom_views]
+        # Sort views alphabetically.
+        custom_list.sort(key=lambda x: x[1])
+        extra_context.update({
+            'custom_list': custom_list
+        })
+        return super(DjrillAdminSite, self).index(request, extra_context)

djrill/admin.py

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+from django.contrib import admin
+
+from djrill.views import AdminListView
+
+
+admin.site.register_view("djrill", AdminListView.as_view(), "Djrill")

djrill/templates/djrill/base.html

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+{% extends "admin/base_site.html" %}
+
+{% block breadcrumbs %}
+  <div class="breadcrumbs">
+    <a href="{% url admin:index %}">Home</a> &rsaquo; {{ title }}
+  </div>
+{% endblock %}

djrill/templates/djrill/index.html

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+{% extends "admin/index.html" %}
+
+{% block sidebar %}
+  {{ block.super }}
+
+  {% if custom_list %}
+  <div class="module" style="float: left; width: 498px">
+    <table style="width: 100%">
+      <caption>Djrill</caption>
+      <tbody>
+        {% for path, name in custom_list %}
+          <tr><td><a href="{{ path }}">{{ name }}</a></td></tr>
+        {% endfor %}
+      </tbody>
+    </table>
+  </div>
+  {% endif %}
+{% endblock %}

djrill/views.py

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+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+from django.http import HttpResponse
+from django.views.generic import View
+
+
+class AdminListView(View):
+
+    def get(self, request):
+        return HttpResponse("HOLA")
+
+def admin_list_view(request):
+    return HttpResponse("Djrill Index")

settings/base.py

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
 )
 
-ROOT_URLCONF = 'djrill.urls'
+ROOT_URLCONF = 'urls'
 
 TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
     # Put strings here, like "/home/html/django_templates" or "C:/www/django/templates".
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'django.contrib.messages',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
     'django.contrib.admin',
+
+    "djrill",
 )
 
 # A sample logging configuration. The only tangible logging

urls.py

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, include, url
-
 from django.contrib import admin
+
+from djrill import DjrillAdminSite
+
+admin.site = DjrillAdminSite()
 admin.autodiscover()
 
 urlpatterns = patterns('',