diff --git a/docs/tutorial02.txt b/docs/tutorial02.txt index c8365f7111..7ed04be643 100644 --- a/docs/tutorial02.txt +++ b/docs/tutorial02.txt @@ -29,12 +29,36 @@ The Django admin site is not activated by default -- it's an opt-in thing. To activate the admin site for your installation, do these three things: * Add ``"django.contrib.admin"`` to your ``INSTALLED_APPS`` setting. + * Run ``python manage.py syncdb``. Since you have added a new application to ``INSTALLED_APPS``, the database tables need to be updated. + * Edit your ``mysite/urls.py`` file and uncomment the lines below the "Uncomment this for admin:" comments. This file is a URLconf; we'll dig into URLconfs in the next tutorial. For now, all you need to know is that - it maps URL roots to applications. + it maps URL roots to applications. In the end, you should have a + ``urls.py`` file that looks like this: + + .. parsed-literal:: + + from django.conf.urls.defaults import * + + # Uncomment the next two lines to enable the admin: + **from django.contrib import admin** + **admin.autodiscover()** + + urlpatterns = patterns('', + # Example: + # (r'^{{ project_name }}/', include('{{ project_name }}.foo.urls')), + + # Uncomment the next line to enable admin documentation: + # (r'^admin/doc/', include('django.contrib.admindocs.urls')), + + # Uncomment the next line for to enable the admin: + **(r'^admin/(.*)', admin.site.root),** + ) + + (The bold lines are the ones that needed to be uncommented.) Start the development server ============================