There are a couple of things you have to do to get the "user" object automatically available to all templates.
1. Follow the authentication setup as suggested. 2. Then read the bit about request_context: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/templates_python/#subclassing-context-requestcontext You have to make sure to pass the additional context_instance=RequestContext(request) when calling render_to_response. I also write a little context processor that inserts extra session variables from the session table to the context so that my application session objects are always available in my templates. P.K. On Nov 26, 4:59 pm, Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > I have a website where people can login and keep track of their > favorite products. Whenever they login I create a session variable: > 'request.session['member_id']'. If this session variable is set then > I know that a user is logged in. In order to get this to work I have > to send the session variable in the return statement of every view. > Then in my template I have an if statement that either displays > 'Login' or 'Welcome, User' depending on if > 'request.session['member_id']' is True or False. > > I've created custom tags before where I bring back data from a a > class. However, I'm not sure how I create a custom tag to send a > session variable. Because the session variable is part of a request > object, and i don't know how to have my custom tag have access to the > 'request'. > > Anybody know how I can develp this so that I don't have to send my > session variable in the return statement of every view? > > Thanks --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
