Fixed #8132 -- Updated tutorial 2 to describe the current way to customise the

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