Thank you to all whohave replied. I will give the sites framework an honest effort and solve my problem.
Thank you very much for your time and effort. :-) Nanda On Jul 19, 2:42 pm, jaymzcd <jaym...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Like Daniel & Steve have said already, urls.py only deals with the > path component of the URL, not the domain. The sites framework is what > you need to use, its pretty simple. All you really need to do is > something like: > > 1. in urls.py match the URL you want that is common for both > subdomains > 2. in your view for that pattern get the current site id > 3. based on what subdomain (site) is returned execute the appropriate > function > > urls.py *cant* know about the subdomain. If you have an aversion to > using the sites framework you could maybe hack it to work by looking > at the contents of request.META['SERVER_NAME'] in your view but i > wouldnt do that. Check the sites framework... > > jaymz > > On Jul 19, 7:05 am, nandu <navanitach...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Thank you to all who have replied to my query. > > > I do not think I need to use the sites framework because my subdomains > > are not on different servers and hence are not really different sites. > > Possibly what I am working with are actually pseudo-subdomains and not > > subdomains in the real sense. I will explain what I am intending to do > > below: > > > Let us say that I have a domain "example.com" > > > This site contains subdomains like the following: > > > subdomain1.example.com > > subdomain2.example.com > > > and so on. > > > In my urls.py if I want to map the subdomain1.example.com to some > > function and I need to know what regular expression I should use. > > Another problem I am facing is that I testing this on localhost so I > > need to get a URL that I believe looks like "subdomain1.127.0.0.1: > > 8000" instead if "127.0.0.1:8000/subdomain1" and get urls.py to > > recognise this. I know that I may need to write a middleware class > > that intercepts every URL which I have implemented but I have no idea > > how to specify the URL in my href attribute in my link. > > > so that it is taken as subdomain1.127.0.0.1: 8000 instead of > > 127.0.0.1:8000/subdomain1 which is incorrect. > > > FYI > > I am working on a Ubuntu Linux machine and the Django development > > server. > > > I am sorry if I have misunderstood your answers above but IMHO I do > > not think I need to use the sites framework as this is a fairly simple > > thing. > > > Thank you. > > > Yours sincerely, > > Nanda > > > On Jul 18, 1:47 am, Steve Holden <holden...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 7/17/2010 12:38 PM, nandu wrote: > > > > > Dear Folks, > > > > > After researching the topic of using subdomains with Django I have > > > > found that it is does not seem to be a straight forward thing to do. > > > > > I have also found many websites showing methods of how to do this, but > > > > there is one aspect that none of them seem to explain. That is how > > > > does one specify the URL for the subdomain in urls.py if I had a > > > > subdomain like "something.example.com". > > > > > I would also appreciate it if someone could point me in the right > > > > direction in terms of how to use subdomains with django as each > > > > website seems to specify a different method, and I have no idea which > > > > one is the best. The URLs of the websites I have looked at are below: > > > > >http://uswaretech.com/blog/2008/10/using-subdomains-with-django/ > > > > >http://thingsilearned.com/2009/01/05/using-subdomains-in-django/ > > > > >http://www.nerdydork.com/django-accounts-on-subdomains.html > > > > >http://djangosnippets.org/snippets/1119/ > > > > > I am also looking for a solution that avoids making many changes to > > > > the web application when it is about to be deployed. > > > > > Please forgive my ignorance in this matter. > > > > Servers in different subdomains are different sites, so you may want to > > > read up about Django's sites framework. > > > > http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/sites/ > > > > regards > > > Steve > > > -- > > > Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 > > > DjangoCon US September 7-9, 2010 http://djangocon.us/ > > > See Python Video! http://python.mirocommunity.org/ > > > Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ > > > > -- > > > Tel/Toll-free: +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 > > > DjangoCon US September 7-9, 2010 http://djangocon.us/ > > > See Python Video! http://python.mirocommunity.org/ > > > Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
