writing/customize-the-django-admin-to-differentiate-environments/

[utterances-bot]

Customize the Django admin to differentiate environments - Matthias Kestenholz

https://406.ch/writing/customize-the-django-admin-to-differentiate-environments/?utm_campaign=Django%2BNewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Django_Newsletter_204

[wshayes]

Just a tip for Django from 4.2 on - you need to use html[data-theme="light"], :root instead of just :root for the CSS selector. You also need to use --header-bg as the CSS variable for the banner background color.

[wshayes]

Thanks! This is a great tip! I learned a lot getting this working, and it will help make site mgmt safer.

Might also be helpful to highlight that one needs to add a custom context processor to inject the ENVIRONMENT setting into the admin templates (and all other templates). e.g. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49761954/how-to-use-a-custom-context-processor and https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/templates/api/#writing-your-own-context-processors

[matthiask]

@wshayes Thanks, those are excellent points!