Hello! Ranking's usage of Grappelli's dashboard functionality.

dashboard.py

from grappelli.dashboard import modules, Dashboard
from grappelli.dashboard.utils import get_admin_site_name


class CustomIndexDashboard(Dashboard):
    columns = 3

    def init_with_context(self, context):
        site_name = get_admin_site_name(context)

        # The only application missing at the moment is "News."
        self.children.append(modules.Group(
            'Core Functionality',
            column = 1,
            collapsible = False,
            children = (
                modules.ModelList(
                    'Correlations',
                    collapsible = False,
                    models = ('correlations.*',)
                ),
                modules.ModelList(
                    'Discussions',
                    collapsible = False,
                    models = ('discussions.*', 'topics.*', 'replies.*')
                ),
                modules.ModelList(
                    'Featurettes',
                    collapsible = False,
                    models = ('featurettes.*',)
                ),
                modules.ModelList(
                    'Rankings',
                    collapsible = False,
                    models = ('rankings.*',)
                ),
                modules.ModelList(
                    'Social Connections',
                    collapsible = False,
                    models = ('social.models.Blog', 'social.models.Forum', 'social.models.InstantMessenger', 'social.models.SocialNetwork')
                )
            )
        ))
        self.children.append(modules.Group(
            'User Management',
            column = 1,
            collapsible = False,
            children = (
                modules.AppList('Core',
                    collapsible = False,
                    models = ('django.contrib.auth.*', 'messaging.*',)
                ),
                modules.ModelList('Events',
                    collapsible = False,
                    models = ('activity.*',)
                ),
                modules.AppList('Accounts & Registration',
                    collapsible = False,
                    models = ('accounts.*', 'registration.*', 'invitations.*',)
                )
            )
        ))

        self.children.append(modules.Group(
            'Hello! Project Encyclopedia',
            column = 2,
            collapsible = False,
            children = (
                modules.ModelList('Idols & Staff',
                    collapsible = False,
                    models = ('people.models.Artist', 'people.models.Group', 'people.models.Membership', 'people.models.Staff')
                ),
                modules.ModelList('Idol Photos',
                    collapsible = False,
                    models = ('people.models.Headshot', 'people.models.Groupshot')
                ),
                modules.AppList('Releases',
                    collapsible = False,
                    models = ('music.*', 'media.*')
                )
            ),
        ))

        self.children.append(modules.RecentActions(
            'Recent Actions',
            column = 3,
            collapsible = False,
            limit = 5
        ))
        self.children.append(modules.Feed(
            'Hello! Sayunii',
            column = 3,
            feed_url = 'http://sayunii.wordpress.com/feed/',
            limit = 5
        ))
        self.children.append(modules.LinkList(
            'Assorted Links',
            column = 3,
            children = (
                {
                    'title': 'J-Ongaku',
                    'url': 'http://j-ongaku.org/',
                    'external': True,
                },
                {
                    'title': 'Observer (Analytics)',
                    'url': 'http://observerapp.com/app/#HelloRanking/Visits',
                    'external': True,
                },
            )
        ))