Works!! thanks. I added the following into my view. from django.template import RequestContext
Then used the render_to_response optional third arg. Much appreciated! On Nov 11, 4:30 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > no. i will give that a try. > > On Nov 11, 2:54 pm, "Alex Koshelev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Do you use RequestContext [1] in your views? > > > [1]:http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/templates/api/#id1 > > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 23:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I am having issues acquiring the user context from templates other > > > than the template I specify with the following in my urls.py > > > > (r'^login/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.login', {'template_name': > > > 'foods/login.html'}), > > > > I use the following in my base.html to display the username once a > > > user is logged in. > > > > {% if user.is_authenticated %} > > > <li> {{ user.username }}</li> > > > {% else %} > > > <li><a href="http://tommygunz.com/login/";>log in </a></li> > > > {% endif %} > > > > This worls in foods/login.html but no where else. > > > > I have this specificed in my settings.py > > > LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = "/" > > > > # just for good measure. > > > TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = ( > > > 'django.core.context_processors.auth', > > > 'django.core.context_processors.debug', > > > 'django.core.context_processors.i18n', > > > 'django.core.context_processors.media',) > > > > am I missing something here? > > > any help is appreciated! > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
