+ demo: install:

  - haystack;
  - debug-toolbar
  - south
  - admin-tools

demo/conf/ext_apps/admin_tools/config.py

@@ -3,17 +3,19 @@
 
 class AdminToolsConfig(sigurd.BaseAppConfig):
     ADMIN_TOOLS_THEMING_CSS = '../admin_themes/web/css/theme.css'
-    ADMIN_TOOLS_MENU = 'conf.ext_apps.admin_tools.menu.Menu'
+    ADMIN_TOOLS_MENU = 'conf.ext_apps.admin_tools.menu.CustomMenu'
     ADMIN_TOOLS_INDEX_DASHBOARD = 'conf.ext_apps.admin_tools.dashboard.IndexDashboard'
 
     def init_settings(self):
         self.ADMIN_TOOLS_MEDIA_URL = self.main_settings.STATIC_URL + 'ext/'
 
     def init_extensions(self):
-        self.install_app("admin_tools", prepend=True)
-        self.install_app("admin_tools.theming", prepend=True)
-        self.install_app("admin_tools.menu", prepend=True)
         self.install_app("admin_tools.dashboard", prepend=True)
+        self.install_app("admin_tools.menu", prepend=True)
+        self.install_app("admin_tools.theming", prepend=True)
+        self.install_app("admin_tools", prepend=True)
+
+        self.install_context_processor('django.core.context_processors.request')
 
     def init_urls(self, urlpatterns):
-        self.install_url(urlpatterns, r'^admin_tools/', 'admin_tools.urls', prepend=True)
+        self.install_url(urlpatterns, r'^admin_tools/', 'admin_tools.urls', prepend=True)

demo/conf/ext_apps/admin_tools/dashboard.py

@@ -1,30 +1,18 @@
+from admin_tools.dashboard.modules import ModelList
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from admin_tools.dashboard import modules, Dashboard
-from admin_tools.utils import get_admin_site_name
-
 
 class IndexDashboard(Dashboard):
     # we want a 2 columns layout
     columns = 2
 
     def init_with_context(self, context):
         # append an app list module for "Administration"
-        self.children.append(modules.ModelList(
-            _('Administration'),
-            models=('django.contrib.*',),
+        self.children.append(ModelList(
+            title = _('Administration'),
+            deletable=False,
+            draggable=True,
+            collapsible=True,
+            include_list=('django.contrib',)
         ))
 
-        # 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,
-                },
-            ]
-        ))

demo/conf/ext_apps/admin_tools/menu.py

@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from admin_tools.menu import items, Menu
 
-
-class Menu(Menu):
+class CustomMenu(Menu):
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
-        super(Menu, self).__init__(**kwargs)
-        self.children += [
-            items.MenuItem('Admin Home', reverse('admin:index')),
-            items.MenuItem('Web-Site', '/'),
-        ]
+        Menu.__init__(self, **kwargs)
+        self.children.append(items.MenuItem(
+            title=u'Main',
+            url=reverse('admin:index')
+        ))
+        self.children.append(items.MenuItem(
+            title=u'Web-Site',
+            url='/'
+        ))
+        self.children.append(items.Bookmarks(title=u'Bookmarks'))
+
+    def init_with_context(self, context):
+        """
+        Use this method if you need to access the request context.
+        """
+        pass

demo/conf/profiles/dev.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def install_apps(self):
 
         self.install_app(HaystackConfig)
         self.install_app(SouthConfig)
-        self.install_app(AdminToolsConfig)
+#        self.install_app(AdminToolsConfig)
         self.install_app(DebugToolbarConfig)
 
 DevProjectConfig().export_settings(globals())