Adding model-wide help text to a django model's admin form

Question

In my django app, I would like to be able to add customized help text to the admin change form for some of my models. Note I\'m not talking about the field specific h

Answer 1

If I understand what you want the code below should do what you want.

def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(ClassName, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        if siteA:
            help_text = "foo"
        else:
            help_text = "bar"
        self.form.fields["field_name"].help_text = help_text

That's an example of using some logic to modify an overriden form. So you just put this in your ModelAdmin constructor that you overrode.