Django (1.4.0, a0) & CKEditor (3.6.2): Using Django's jQuery and CKEditor's jQuery adaptor...

admin.py

# ...

# Note: I put the CKEditor package in my "static" folder.
# The below "Media" paths are relative to STATIC_URL.
# Don't forget to collectstatic for your <app_name> css/js.

class FooAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    
    form = FooForm
    
    #...
    
    class Media:
        
        css = {
            'all': ('<app_name>/ckeditor.css',)
        }
        js = ('ckeditor/ckeditor.js', 'ckeditor/adapters/jquery.js', '<app_name>/ckeditor.js',)
    
    # ...

ckeditor.css

.cke_skin_kama {
	/* Un-comment one line or the other: */
	width: 85%; float: left; display: inline;
	/*clear: left;*/
}

ckeditor.js

/* Using Django's instance of jQuery: */

(function($) {
	
	$(document).ready(function() {
		
		var config = {
			toolbar:
			[
				['Bold', 'Italic', '-', 'NumberedList', 'BulletedList', '-', 'Link', 'Unlink'],
				['UIColor']
			]
		};
		
		$('textarea.editor').ckeditor(config);
		
	});
	
})(django.jQuery);

/* Alternatively, you can remove the outer closure and replace all instances of "$" with "django.jQuery". */

forms.py

from django import forms
from <app_name>.models import *

class FooForm(forms.ModelForm):
    
    description = forms.CharField(widget=forms.Textarea(attrs={'class':'editor'}), required=False)
    
    class Meta:
        model = Foo

Related links:

• django-wysiwyg: issue #5
• Johan's Dev Blog: Adding CKEditor to Django Admin