Material Dashboard PRO - Premium Django Template | Creative-Tim
Django Template crafted on top of Material Dashboard PRO, a premium Bootstrap 4 design. Start your development with a modern, dark-themed Bootstrap 4 Admin template for Django. It features a huge number of components built to fit together and look fantastic. If you want to code faster, with a smooth workflow, then you should try this template carefully developed with Django, a well-known Python Framework. Django codebase is crafted using a simple, modular structure that follows the best practices and provides authentication, database configuration, and deployment scripts for Docker and Gunicorn/Nginx stack.
To authenticate use the default credentials test / ApS12_ZZs8 or create a new user on the registration page.
UNZIP the sources or clone the private repository. After getting the code, open a terminal and navigate to the working directory, with product source code.
$ cd <SOURCE_CODE>$$ # Virtualenv modules installation (Unix based systems)$ virtualenv env$ source env/bin/activate$$ # Virtualenv modules installation (Windows based systems)$ # virtualenv env$ # .\env\Scripts\activate$$ # Install modules - SQLite Storage$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt$$ # Create tables$ python manage.py makemigrations$ python manage.py migrate$$ # Start the application (development mode)$ python manage.py runserver # default port 8000$$ # Start the app - custom port$ # python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:<your_port>$$ # Access the web app in browser: http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Note: To use the app, please access the registration page and create a new user. After authentication, the app will unlock the private pages.
The documentation for the Material Dashboard PRO Django is hosted at our website.
Within the download you’ll find the following directories and files:
< PROJECT ROOT >||-- core/ # Implements app configuration| |-- settings.py # Defines Global Settings| |-- wsgi.py # Start the app in production| |-- urls.py # Define URLs served by all apps/nodes||-- apps/| || |-- home/ # A simple app that serve HTML files| | |-- views.py # Serve HTML pages for authenticated users| | |-- urls.py # Define some super simple routes| || |-- authentication/ # Handles auth routes (login and register)| | |-- urls.py # Define authentication routes| | |-- views.py # Handles login and registration| | |-- forms.py # Define auth forms (login and register)| || |-- static/| | |-- <css, JS, images> # CSS files, Javascripts files| || |-- templates/ # Templates used to render pages| |-- includes/ # HTML chunks and components| | |-- navigation.html # Top menu component| | |-- sidebar.html # Sidebar component| | |-- footer.html # App Footer| | |-- scripts.html # Scripts common to all pages| || |-- layouts/ # Master pages| | |-- base-fullscreen.html # Used by Authentication pages| | |-- base.html # Used by common pages| || |-- accounts/ # Authentication pages| | |-- login.html # Login page| | |-- register.html # Register page| || |-- home/ # UI Kit Pages| |-- index.html # Index page| |-- 404-page.html # 404 page| |-- *.html # All other pages||-- requirements.txt # Development modules - SQLite storage||-- .env # Inject Configuration via Environment|-- manage.py # Start the app - Django default start script||-- ************************************************************************
The bootstrap flow
manage.py uses core/settings.py as the main configuration filecore/settings.py loads the app magic from .env fileTo recompile SCSS files, follow this setup:
Step #1 - Install tools
Step #2 - Change the working directory to assets folder
$ cd apps/static/assets
Step #3 - Install modules (this will create a classic node_modules directory)
$ npm install// OR$ yarn
Step #4 - Edit & Recompile SCSS files
$ gulp scss
The generated file is saved in static/assets/css directory.
The app is provided with a basic configuration to be executed in Docker, Gunicorn, and Waitress.
The application can be easily executed in a docker container. The steps:
Get the code
UNZIP the sources or clone the private repository. After getting the code, open a terminal and navigate to the working directory, with product source code.
$ cd <SOURCE_CODE>
Start the app in Docker
$ sudo docker-compose pull && sudo docker-compose build && sudo docker-compose up -d
Visit http://localhost:85 in your browser. The app should be up & running.
At present, we officially aim to support the last two versions of the following browsers:
We use GitHub Issues as the official bug tracker for the Material Dashboard PRO Django. Here are some advices for our users that want to report an issue:
If you have questions or need help integrating the product please contact us instead of opening an issue.
Material Dashboard PRO Django - Provided by Creative Tim and AppSeed