On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 08:15:59PM -0700, robinne wrote: > How can I render dynamic content in a base template if I only call a > view on my child template? > > What I am trying to do is setup a base template that will include > "Profile" information for the user who is logged in, for example: > "Welcome John", instead of "login here", on every page. But if I call > my child page "/Home" (for example) and it extends "base.html", how do > I render the dynamic content within base.html? Thanks.
You can use either custom template tags as suggested by others. The alternative is to create custom context processors that will add dynamic data you want to display into the context. Then you can use it even in your base template. However, you'll have to make sure each view uses a RequestContext when rendering templates in order for the context processors to be applied. As for the specific problem you're solving, RequestContext already contains user data which means you don't need anything extra. Just check in your base template if a user is logged in and show his username if yes or a login link otherwise. Michal
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