Tidying up the admin interface by adding more verbose and helpful names to database fields as well as adding more help texts. The ObjectAdmin still gives tracebacks.

src/objects/admin.py

@@ -11,13 +11,15 @@ class ObjAttributeInline(admin.TabularInline):
     fields = ('db_key', 'db_value')
     max_num = 1
 
-class ObjectDBAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
-    inlines = [ObjAttributeInline]
+class ObjectDBAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):    
     list_display = ('id', 'db_key', 'db_location', 'db_player', 'db_typeclass_path')
     list_display_links = ('id', 'db_key')
     ordering = ['db_player', 'db_typeclass_path', 'id']
     search_fields = ['^db_key', 'db_typeclass_path']
+    
     save_as = True 
     save_on_top = True
     list_select_related = True 
+    inlines = [ObjAttributeInline]
+
 admin.site.register(ObjectDB, ObjectDBAdmin)

src/objects/models.py

@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ class Alias(SharedMemoryModel):
     is so as to allow for effective global searches also by
     alias. 
     """    
-    db_key = models.CharField(max_length=255)
-    db_obj = models.ForeignKey("ObjectDB")
+    db_key = models.CharField('alias', max_length=255)
+    db_obj = models.ForeignKey("ObjectDB", verbose_name='object')
     
     class Meta:
         "Define Django meta options"
@@ -92,12 +92,12 @@ class ObjectNick(TypeNick):
     obj - match against object searches 
     channel - used to store own names for channels
     """
-    db_obj = models.ForeignKey("ObjectDB")
+    db_obj = models.ForeignKey("ObjectDB", verbose_name='object')
 
     class Meta:
         "Define Django meta options"
         verbose_name = "Nickname for Objects"
-        verbose_name_plural = "Nicknames Objects"
+        verbose_name_plural = "Nicknames for Objects"
         unique_together = ("db_nick", "db_type", "db_obj")
 
 class ObjectNickHandler(TypeNickHandler):
@@ -163,20 +163,22 @@ class ObjectDB(TypedObject):
     # but withtout the db_* prefix.
 
     # If this is a character object, the player is connected here.
-    db_player = models.ForeignKey("players.PlayerDB", blank=True, null=True)    
+    db_player = models.ForeignKey("players.PlayerDB", blank=True, null=True, verbose_name='player', 
+                                  help_text='a Player connected to this object, if any.')    
     # The location in the game world. Since this one is likely
     # to change often, we set this with the 'location' property
     # to transparently handle Typeclassing. 
     db_location = models.ForeignKey('self', related_name="locations_set",
-                                     blank=True, null=True)
+                                     blank=True, null=True, verbose_name='game location')
     # a safety location, this usually don't change much.
     db_home = models.ForeignKey('self', related_name="homes_set",
-                                 blank=True, null=True)
+                                 blank=True, null=True, verbose_name='home location')
     # destination of this object - primarily used by exits.
     db_destination = models.ForeignKey('self', related_name="destinations_set", 
-                                       blank=True, null=True)
+                                       blank=True, null=True, verbose_name='destination',
+                                       help_text='a destination, used only by exit objects.')
     # database storage of persistant cmdsets.
-    db_cmdset_storage = models.CharField(max_length=255, null=True)
+    db_cmdset_storage = models.CharField('cmdset', max_length=255, null=True)
 
     # Database manager
     objects = ObjectManager()