text: from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
  from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
  from admin_tools.dashboard import Dashboard, AppIndexDashboard
  from admin_tools.dashboard import modules
  
  
  # to activate your index dashboard add the following to your settings.py:
  #
  # ADMIN_TOOLS_INDEX_DASHBOARD = 'test_proj.dashboard.CustomIndexDashboard'
  
  class CustomIndexDashboard(Dashboard):
      """
      Custom index dashboard for test_proj.
      """
      def __init__(self, **kwargs):
          Dashboard.__init__(self, **kwargs)
  
          # append a link list module for "quick links"
          self.children.append(modules.LinkList(
              _('Quick links'),
              layout='inline',
              draggable=False,
              deletable=False,
              collapsible=False,
              children=[
                  [_('Return to site'), '/'],
                  [_('Change password'), reverse('admin:password_change')],
                  [_('Log out'), reverse('admin:logout')],
              ]
          ))
  
          # append an app list module for "Applications"
          self.children.append(modules.AppList(
              _('Applications'),
              exclude=['django.contrib.*'],
          ))
  
          # append an app list module for "Administration"
          self.children.append(modules.AppList(
              _('Administration'),
              models=('django.contrib.*',),
          ))
  
          self.children.append(modules.ModelList(
              'Test1',
              ['django.contrib.auth.*', '*.Site', '*.Foo'],
              ['django.contrib.auth.models.User', 'test_app.*']
          ))
  
          # append a recent actions module
          self.children.append(
               modules.RecentActions(_('Recent Actions'), 5)
          )
  
          # append another link list module for "support".
          self.children.append(modules.LinkList(
              _('Support'),
              children=[
                  {
                      'title': _('Django documentation'),
                      'url': 'http://docs.djangoproject.com/',
                      'external': True,
                  },
                  {
                      'title': _('Django "django-users" mailing list'),
                      'url': 'http://groups.google.com/group/django-users',
                      'external': True,
                  },
                  {
                      'title': _('Django irc channel'),
                      'url': 'irc://irc.freenode.net/django',
                      'external': True,
                  },
              ]
          ))
          self.children.append(modules.Group(
              title='Test group',
              children=[
                  modules.ModelList(
                      'Tab 1',
                      ['django.contrib.*']
                  ),
                  modules.ModelList(
                      'Tab 2',
                      ['test_app.*']
                  ),
              ]
          ))
  
      def init_with_context(self, context):
          """
          Use this method if you need to access the request context.
          """
          pass
  
  
  # to activate your app index dashboard add the following to your settings.py:
  #
  # ADMIN_TOOLS_APP_INDEX_DASHBOARD = 'test_proj.dashboard.CustomAppIndexDashboard'
  
  class CustomAppIndexDashboard(AppIndexDashboard):
      """
      Custom app index dashboard for test_proj.
      """
  
      # we disable title because its redundant with the model list module
      title = ''
  
      def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
          AppIndexDashboard.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
  
          self.children += [
              modules.ModelList(self.app_title, self.models),
              modules.RecentActions(include_list=self.get_app_content_types()),
          ]
  
      def init_with_context(self, context):
          """
          Use this method if you need to access the request context.
          """
          pass
  