How to add own action groups

Overview

In this how-to you will learn how to add new Actions Groups and how to use them within your templates.

Add a new action group

  1. Login as admin.

  2. Go to Django’s admin interface:

    http://localhost:8000/admin/

  3. Go to Core / Action groups.

  4. Click on the Add Action Group button.

  5. Enter the name of the group, e.g. Sidebar.

Display the actions within your templates

Insert the actions tag to your template as following:

{% actions Sidebar %}
{% for action in actions %}
    <div>
        <a href="{{ action.link }}">
            {{ action.title }}
        </a>
    </div>
{% endfor %}

Note

We pass the above given group name to the actions tab. In this case Sidebar.

Add actions to the group

  1. Open the LMI and go to Shop / Actions.
  2. Click on the Add Action button.
  3. Fill in the provided form and select your new group.
  4. Click on the Save Action button.