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-==================
-django-admin-tools
-==================
-
-django-admin-tools is a collection of extensions/tools for the default django
-administration interface, it includes:
-
- * a full featured and customizable dashboard,
- * a customizable menu bar,
- * tools to make admin theming easier.
-
-The project code and bugtracker is hosted on
-`Bitbucket `_.
-
-Django-admin-tools is generously documented, you can
-`browse the documentation online
-`_.
-a good start is to read `the quickstart guide
-`_.
-
-Thanks for downloading django-admin-tools.
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+django-admin-tools
+==================
+
+.. image:: https://travis-ci.org/django-admin-tools/django-admin-tools.svg?branch=master
+ :target: https://travis-ci.org/django-admin-tools/django-admin-tools
+
+
+django-admin-tools is a collection of extensions/tools for the default django
+administration interface, it includes:
+
+* a full featured and customizable dashboard;
+* a customizable menu bar;
+* tools to make admin theming easier.
+
+The code is hosted on `Github `_.
+
+Django-admin-tools is generously documented, you can
+`browse the documentation online
+`_.
+a good start is to read `the quickstart guide
+`_.
+
+The project was created by `David Jean Louis `_ and was previously hosted on `Bitbucket `_.
+
+Please join the `mailing list `_ if you want to discuss of the future of django-admin-tools.
+
+************
+Installation
+************
+
+To install django-admin-tools, run the following command inside this directory:
+
+ python setup.py install
+
+If you have the Python **easy_install** utility available, you can also type
+the following to download and install in one step::
+
+ easy_install django-admin-tools
+
+Or if you're using **pip**::
+
+ pip install django-admin-tools
+
+Or if you'd prefer you can simply place the included "admin_tools" directory
+somewhere on your python path, or symlink to it from somewhere on your Python
+path; this is useful if you're working from a Mercurial checkout.
+
+An `installation guide `_ is available in the documentation.
+
+*************
+Documentation
+*************
+
+`Extensive documentation `_ is available, it was made with the excellent `Sphinx program `_
+
+************
+Translations
+************
+
+There is a `a transifex project `_ for django-admin-tools.
+
+************
+Screenshots
+************
+
+The django admin login screen:
+
+.. image:: http://www.izimobil.org/django-admin-tools/images/capture-1.png
+ :alt: The django admin login screen
+
+
+The admin index dashboard:
+
+.. image:: http://www.izimobil.org/django-admin-tools/images/capture-2.png
+ :alt: The admin index dashboard
+
+
+The admin menu:
+
+.. image:: http://www.izimobil.org/django-admin-tools/images/capture-3.png
+ :alt: The admin menu
+
+Dashboard modules can be dragged, collapsed, closed etc.:
+
+.. image:: http://www.izimobil.org/django-admin-tools/images/capture-4.png
+ :alt: Dashboard modules can be dragged, collapsed, closed etc.
+
+The app index dashboard:
+
+.. image:: http://www.izimobil.org/django-admin-tools/images/capture-5.png
+ :alt: The app index dashboard
+