Create the main page for the Admin Panel

[ryaustin]

@kjcioffi I wanted to break down #2 issue down further so that it is more easily addressed:

• create a view in views.py that returns a page store_admin.html
• • This view should have the loginrequired mixin
• on this template render a menu as desired (e.g sidebar or vertical bar menu with the required pages, products, orders etc)

[kjcioffi]

Perfect, this certainly helps to clarify things. So an ability to navigate to Products, Orders, and Stores on one page?

[ryaustin]

Yes!!

[kjcioffi]

Hey, @ryaustin.

Out of curiosity, is it a common or best practice to handle custom admins this way?

The base template contains a navigation bar, I considered whether it makes more sense to add anchor tags to the different model admins.

I'm concerned it would add duplication and white space if a page served as a "navigation page" for custom model admins. Would anchor tags in the navigation bar (in base template) fulfill this issue?

[ryaustin]

Hey Kevin, it's really just a preference - no wrong answer.

What CSS does give us though is the ability to fill the space with the rendered menu whether there are 2 or 4 options horizontally / vertically. In an ideal design, a user most likely wouldn't know if an option is missing as what they have access to should render perfectly.

So this is more cosmetic if I am understanding your question correctly.

[kjcioffi]

I will use the navigation bar on the site to handle this work. Regarding work on #3, I will create a drop-down that enables store owners to navigate and use admin operations as they see fit.