Daniel, thank you so much! Your answer opened a whole box of new ideas I'd like to try.
Thanks everyone! Rael On Oct 13, 5:19 pm, Daniel Roseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Oct 13, 9:38 am, raeldc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Guys, > > > I'm a Programmer coming from a Joomla! CMS background ( I develop > > Joomla extensions). I took notice of Django when I'm looking for other > > alternatives to build mission critical Web Apps, because it's clear to > > me that Joomla and PHP will not be enough to do the job. > > > I'm now learning Django in depth and I think I can now build a decent > > basic website comparable to what I can do with Joomla. However, since > > I'm a Django/Python noob, I don't know how to implement some things in > > the best Django-pythonic way. > > > One of the things I'm wondering about is how to implement mini-content > > boxes. It is known to Joomla as modules, in Drupal as blocks, to > > others they are called widgets or side bars. In CMS systems, I can > > assign a content-box to be viewable on different pages or all pages > > with simple point and click. In Django, I think I would have to call > > the VIEW for those content boxes in every VIEW where I want them > > displayed. This method looks very redundant to me. Or maybe I'm still > > in the stage of my learning where I haven't found the Django way that > > deals with this. So I'm asking the experts on Django for guidance. How > > do I implement easily manageable min-content boxes on my Django > > website? Is there a Django standard way? If none, can you please > > suggest what you think is the best way to do this? > > > Thank you! > > The best way to do this is via custom template tags, which are > basically just bits of code that you can insert in any template. > They're in the documentation > here:http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/custom-template-tags/ > - read the whole thing, but you want an 'inclusion tag' which is a > shortcut to render a template snippet with its own context. > > James Bennett has a great how-to on this (it's slightly out of date as > it doesn't mention the shortcuts, but the gist of it is still > valid):http://www.b-list.org/weblog/2006/jun/07/django-tips-write-better-tem... > > And I disagree with Olivier that this is verbose and cumbersome: you > can write this sort of thing in about three lines if you use the > decorators. > -- > DR. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
