Malcom is right, they're not as bad as they sound. :-) In the case of the two things you mentioned wanting, latest news and a calendar, the following existing template tags may just hook you up:
James Bennett's get_latest__ is copy-and-paste-able and works very well. I use a slightly modified version in quite a few places. .. __: http://www.b-list.org/weblog/2006/06/07/django-tips-write-better-template-tags There's a snippet for a calendar__ template tag on djangosnippets.org. I tried it out just now and it seems to work as advertised with a few customizations--I found atoponce's comment at the bottom useful. .. __: http://www.djangosnippets.org/snippets/129/ Good luck! - whiteinge On Jun 2, 9:14 pm, Malcolm Tredinnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2007-06-02 at 14:54 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Oh no, that can not be! I just read this "Writing your own template > > tags", it is quite complicated. Isn't there another way? Something > > like "While you fetch the text for the flatpage, check the view > > 'random_testemonial' and then go render the template." > > Since the template tags for Python document is a reference document, not > a tutorial, realise that it contains a lot more detail than you might > necessarily need on the first pass. That can't really be helped, because > reference docs that include all the nitty details are necessary and we > can't always cater for the people just learning the language at the > expense of those who are trying to do advanced things (the first group > graduates to become the second group, but not vice verse, so the second > group is always growing). > > Don't try to code anything up until you reach the "Shortcut for simple > tags" > section:http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/templates_python/#shortcut... > > Many tags require exactly one extra line of code to turn a function > returning a string into a tag. > > Malcolm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
