custom admin view

gistfile1.py

class FooAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):

    def get_urls(self):
        urls = super(ContentProjectAdmin, self).get_urls()
        extra_urls = patterns('',
            url(r'^dashboard/$', self.admin_site.admin_view(self.dashboard), name="cms_dashboard"),
        )
        
        return extra_urls + urls
    
    def dashboard(self, request):
        tmpl = 'admin/cms/dashboard.html'
        
        # Get all content state logs, filtered by organization
        activity_log = ContentState.objects.all()
    
        context = {
            'activity_log': activity_log,
        }
        return render_to_response(tmpl, context, RequestContext(request))