I've had per-project views (in the project root), I've had apps feeding indexes, and I've gone direct to template using template tags to fill in snippets needed. Most times -- but not always -- the last approach seems the most flexible and easiest.
On Nov 7, 1:19 pm, Kurtis Mullins <kurtis.mull...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm not exactly clear on the question, but I'll share with you what I've > done on my site. > > For pages like the "Home Page", I've created an application called "core". > Then I just call my <project>.core.views.HomePageView.as_view() from the > "urls.py" file under my main project directory. The regular expression I > use, which is also an example in the default urls.py, is simply u'^$' (I > think -- I'd have to double check). > > Hopefully that helps a little bit, sorry if I was completely off. I do kind > of get the feeling that you want a views.py right in your project root. I > believe it's possible (I've seen examples of it somewhere in the docs) but > I personally don't go that route and have never tried it. > > Also, if your home page is just a simple template and there's no need for a > lot of functionality behind it, you can do this: > > url(u'^$', TemplateView.as_view(template_name = 'home_page.html')), > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 2:12 PM, M. Herold <digitallim...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've developed a number of apps and stuck them into my django > > framework, but in looking to create a hub at the index of my site > > (among other standard pages; e.g. about, network, etc.), I've sort of > > gotten stuck. Do I really want to create another app and just redirect > > from my index, having a sort of "index" app? Is there a clever way to > > have a "top level" app? > > > Thanks in advance > > Michael > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Django users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to django-users@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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@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.