I thank you for your help and apologize for my naivete, however I
still am not seeing that tag populate in the template. Here is my view
function in its entirety:
def test(request, testn):
try:
testn = str(testn)
page = Page.objects.filter(name = "test%s" % testn)
return direct_to_template(request, template="test%s.html" %
testn, extra_context={page:page})
except ValueError:
raise Http404()
I am using {page:page} because anything else returns errors in debug
mode.
in my template I have :
{{ page.leaderboard }}
the page object looks like this:
class Page(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=25, verbose_name='Page Name')
leaderboard = models.TextField(max_length=500, null=True,
blank=True, verbo\
se_name='Leaderboard Tag')
rectangle = models.TextField(max_length=500, null=True,
blank=True, verbose\
_name='300x250 Tag')
rectangle2 = models.TextField(max_length=500, null=True,
blank=True, verbos\
e_name='Additional 300x250')
def __unicode__(self):
return self.name
I know that once I figure this out, I'm going to feel rather daft and
I appreciate all the help you've given me! Thanks so much!
On Oct 10, 2:56 pm, Brett Epps <brett.e...@quest.com> wrote:
> The direct_to_template() function can take an extra_context keyword
> argument (a dict). So:
>
> direct_to_template(request, template='blah.html', extra_context={'foo':
> bar})
>
> Would let you use {{ foo }} in a template to output the value of the
> variable bar.
>
> By the way, as a replacement for direct_to_template, there's
> django.shortcuts.render [1], which is a little more concise. (Usually,
> you use direct_to_template in urls.py, since it is a full-fledged generic
> view function.)
>
> 1.https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/shortcuts/#django.s...
> ts.render
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Brett
>
> On 10/10/11 12:21 PM, "xenses" <code...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >That is exactly what I want to do, I can't seem to understand exactly
> >how to implement that and have it populate in the template. Do I just
> >define the variable in the views and then in the template use
> >{{ variable_name }} where I need it? Because I tried that first and it
> >didn't work. So, maybe I'm just not sure what it is I'm doing
> >exactly ;)
>
> >Thanks for any help!
>
> >On Oct 10, 1:09 pm, Brett Epps <brett.e...@quest.com> wrote:
> >> I may be misunderstanding your question, but it sounds like you need to
> >> use Page.objects.get or Page.objects.filter (in your view function) to
> >> look up the particular objects that you want to send to the template.
>
> >> Brett
>
> >> On 10/10/11 9:53 AM, "xenses" <code...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> >This may seem like a very simple question and I have just missed the
> >> >answer in the piles of documentation and tutorials that I've read over
> >> >the past two days. I'm new to Django and trying to implement an
> >> >internal site at work, and I'm the only Python/Django person we have,
> >> >so this is all on me.
>
> >> >What I am doing is this: I have a set of .html files, templates, which
> >> >are named testn.html (i.e. test1.html, test2.html, etc) Each template
> >> >extends base.html, but they each have at least 2 divs that I need to
> >> >populate with HTML that is entered in the admin interface and stored
> >> >in the Page model. What I need to do is this:
>
> >> >from the url parse what test is being requested:
>
> >> >url(r'^test(\d{1})/$', test),
>
> >> >cal the test view:
>
> >> >def test(request, testn):
> >> > try:
> >> > testn = str(testn)
> >> > return direct_to_template(request, template="test%s.html" %
> >> >testn)
> >> > except ValueError:
> >> > raise Http404()
>
> >> >And then return the template, but with the correct object attached to
> >> >it, filtered by name. I can't find a way to do this, all that I can
> >> >find are ways that make me grab all the objects (and where do I do
> >> >this? In models.py or views.py? There are conflicting thoughts on
> >> >this). I really just need to grab the one object, and if it has the
> >> >fields I need, to populate the template with them. Is there an easy
> >> >way to do this that won't require me to loop over all objects?
>
> >> >Thank you so much for any help or insight!
> >> >--Laura C.
>
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