Django 3.1 | Admin page appearance issue

Question

Today I have updated Django to latest version 3.1.

But for some reason when the logged in to admin page, all I cans see is a weird looking admin page.

Answer 1

In your projects' root urls.py file, simply add the below code to disable the new sidebar feature.

from django.contrib import admin

admin.autodiscover()
admin.site.enable_nav_sidebar = False

Reference:

1. https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/releases/3.1/#django-contrib-admin
2. https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/contrib/admin/#django.contrib.admin.AdminSite.enable_nav_sidebar

Answer 2

It looks like one of two problems.

1. Your browser is caching the CSS / JS from the old version, in which case clear your cache and reload.

2. You didn't run ./manage.py collecstatic after updgrading.

Judging from your comment, it's probably the former.

Answer 3

Your browser is caching the CSS / JS from the old version, in which case clear your cache and for that, you need to do Force Reload.

@Tom Carrick, you are right btw.

and to Force Reload in Chrome use Hold the Ctrl key and press the R.

and for Mozill Firefox Ctrl + Shift + R