Update adminsite for better config

evennia/settings_default.py

@@ -956,7 +956,6 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "django.contrib.auth",
     "django.contrib.contenttypes",
     "django.contrib.sessions",
-    "django.contrib.admin",
     "django.contrib.admindocs",
     "django.contrib.flatpages",
     "django.contrib.sites",
@@ -973,7 +972,8 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "evennia.comms",
     "evennia.help",
     "evennia.scripts",
-    "evennia.web"
+    "evennia.web",
+    "evennia.web.utils.adminsite.EvenniaAdminApp",  # replaces django.contrib.admin
 ]
 # The user profile extends the User object with more functionality;
 # This should usually not be changed.

evennia/web/admin/accounts.py

@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ class AccountAdmin(BaseUserAdmin):
     add_form = AccountCreationForm
     inlines = [AccountTagInline, AccountAttributeInline]
     readonly_fields = ["db_date_created", "serialized_string"]
+    view_on_site = False
     fieldsets = (
         (
             None,

evennia/web/admin/help.py

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class HelpEntryAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     save_as = True
     save_on_top = True
     list_select_related = True
+    view_on_site = False
 
     form = HelpEntryForm
     fieldsets = (

evennia/web/admin/objects.py

@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ class ObjectAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     save_as = True
     save_on_top = True
     list_select_related = True
+    view_on_site = False
     list_filter = ("db_typeclass_path",)
 
     # editing fields setup

evennia/web/admin/scripts.py

@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ class ScriptAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     save_as = True
     save_on_top = True
     list_select_related = True
+    view_on_site = False
     raw_id_fields = ("db_obj",)
 
     fieldsets = (

evennia/web/admin/tags.py

@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ class TagAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     fields = ("db_key", "db_category", "db_tagtype", "db_model", "db_data")
     list_filter = ("db_tagtype", "db_category", "db_model")
     form = TagForm
+    view_on_site = False
 
     fieldsets = (
         (

evennia/web/admin/urls.py

@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ urlpatterns = [
     url(r"/doc/", include("django.contrib.admindocs.urls")),
 ]
 
-admin.site.site_header = "Evennia web admin"
-
 if settings.EVENNIA_ADMIN:
 
     urlpatterns += [

evennia/web/templates/admin/frontpage.html

@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@
 
         <p class="card-text">
           <h4><a href="{% url "admin:accounts_accountdb_changelist" %}">Accounts</a></h4>
-          Accounts can have several characters under them. A user's login and
+          Accounts represent an out-of-character player and stores
-          password information can be changed here.
+          configurations and password. An account can control/puppet one or
+          more in-game Objects (usually Characters).
         </p>
 
         <p class="card-text">
@@ -37,14 +38,24 @@
 
         <p class="card-text">
           <h4><a href="{% url "admin:comms_channeldb_changelist" %}">Channels</a></h4>
-          Channels are used to redirect and organize player in-game communications.
+          Channels are used for mass communication, chat-room style. The
+          channel object holds subscriptions, options and access. The
+          communications themselves are logged to disk.
+        </p>
+
+        <p class="card-text">
+          <h4><a href="{% url "admin:comms_msg_changelist" %}">Msgs</a></h4>
+          Messages represent a piece of database-base saved communication
+          between sender(s) and receiver(s). By default they are used by
+          page/tell but can be used as building blocks for custom in-game
+          communication systems.
         </p>
 
         <p class="card-text">
           <h4><a href="{% url "admin:help_helpentry_changelist" %}">Help Topics</a></h4>
-          Add help database help-entries here. Note that command-auto-help and
+          Database-based Help entries like these can also be added from
-          file-based help entries (added via FILEHELP_MODULES) are not visible
+          in-game. Note that command-auto-help and file-based help entries
-          here.
+          (added via FILEHELP_MODULES) cannot be modified or viewed from here.
         </p>
 
         <p class="card-text">
@@ -56,11 +67,12 @@
 
         <p class="card-text">
           <h4><a href="{% url "admin:server_serverconfig_changelist" %}">ServerConfig</a></h4>
-          These are constants saved by the running server. While maybe interesting for
+          ServerConfigs store variables set by the running server. While possibly
-          debugging, you should usually not modify these manually unless you
+          interesting for debugging, you should usually not modify these
-          <i>really</i> know what you are doing. For example, the
+          manually unless you <i>really</i> know what you are doing. For
-          <i>BASE_*_TYPECLASS</i> fields are stored in order to auto-update
+          example, the <i>BASE_*_TYPECLASS</i> fields are stored in order to
-          when their setting changes; they must <i>not</i> be changed manually here.
+          auto-update when their setting changes; they must <i>not</i> be
+          changed manually here.
         </p>
 
         <hr />
@@ -78,9 +90,9 @@
         </p>
 
         <p class="card-text">
-        <h4><a href="{% url "admin:flatpages_flatpage_changelist" %}">Pages</a></h4>
+        <h4><a href="{% url "admin:flatpages_flatpage_changelist" %}">Flat Pages</a></h4>
           Create, edit and publish new web pages without needing to know how to
-          code. Select the domain specified by <strong>SITE_ID</strong> above.
+          code. Make sure to assign to a domain created above.
         </p>
 
         <p class="card-text">

evennia/web/utils/adminsite.py

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+"""
+Custom Evennia admin-site, for better customization of the admin-site
+as a whole.
+
+This must be located outside of the admin/ folder because it must be imported
+before any of the app-data (which in turn must be imported in the `__init__.py`
+of that folder for Django to find them).
+
+"""
+
+from django.contrib.admin import apps
+from django.contrib import admin
+
+
+class EvenniaAdminApp(apps.AdminConfig):
+    """
+    This is imported in INSTALLED_APPS instead of django.contrib.admin.
+
+    """
+    default_site = 'evennia.web.utils.adminsite.EvenniaAdminSite'
+
+
+class EvenniaAdminSite(admin.AdminSite):
+    """
+    The main admin site root (replacing the default from Django). When doing
+    admin.register in the admin/ folder, this is what is being registered to.
+
+    """
+    site_header = "Evennia web admin"
+
+    app_order = ["accounts", "objects", "scripts", "comms", "help",
+                 "typeclasses", "server", "sites", "flatpages", "auth"]
+
+    def get_app_list(self, request):
+        app_list = super().get_app_list(request)
+        app_mapping = {app["app_label"]: app for app in app_list}
+        return [app_mapping.get(app_label) for app_label in self.app_order]