I missed a quote, it should be: (r'^(?P<user_name>\w+)/$', 'project.views.user_page')
On Jul 29, 10:16 pm, Matt the Destroyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps try adding a URL pattern like the following: > (r^(?P<user_name>\w+)/$', 'project.views.user_page') > > Your view function (called "user_page") will now accept "user_name" as > an argument in addition to the request object. I should warn you that > using that regular expression could be dangerous, as it'll accept any > string past the root url. That having been said, I'm sure there's a > better way to do this, but this should get you started. > > On Jul 29, 7:17 pm, Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hello list, > > > I was wondering if the following is possible with the URLconf: > > > I'd like the URL regex to match part of a URL if it exists within a > > specific list of values. For example, if you wanted to direct users to > > their area of your site, you might have something like this: > > >www.mysite.com/matt--> go to my areawww.mysite.com/jess--> go to Jess' > >areawww.mysite.com/mark--> go to Mark's area > > > In this situation you'd want a URL match for every user on your site, > > which is obviously database driven. I'd like to be able to pull a list > > of all the users out of the database and use a single line in my > > URLconf to acheive the above. > > > This could all be acheived using another view to determine whether the > > given name was a valid user, and if so direct you to the appropriate > > view, but wouldn't that prevent you using Django's generic views? > > > Thanks, > > Matt.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---