Hi Bill
Cool I understand that :D
And youre right, I will need template.Variable() someday soon
Thank you
Michael
On 31 Aug., 16:29, Bill Freeman <ke1g...@gmail.com> wrote:
> WIth your original version here, I'm going to guess that you need to use
> template.Variable() (or learn a lot about doing what it does). It is
> mentioned
> on the how to page for template tags. IIRC, all arguments to a tag are
> strings (after all, you get them with a split operation), so they must be
> looked up. So, instead of self.object = object in LinkNode, use
> self.object = template.Variable(object)
>
> Not that you need it for this tag, since simple_tag works, but you may want
> to
> write something fancier someday.
>
> Bill
>
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:34 PM, MIL <needb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi :o)
>
> > I am attempting to create a simpler way to create my links. and I
> > developed this template tag:
>
> > class LinkNode(Node):
> > def __init__(self, object):
> > self.object = object
>
> > def render(self, context):
> > model_name = self.object.get_model_name()
> > linktext = self.object.get_linktext()
> > url = self.object.get_absolute_url()
> > if model_name and linktext and url:
> > return '<a href="%s" class="%s">%s</a>' % (url,
> > model_name.lower(),
> > linktext)
> > return ''
>
> > @register.tag
> > def create_a_link(parser, token):
> > # {% create_a_link to object %}
> > bits = token.contents.split()
> > if len(bits) != 3:
> > raise TemplateSyntaxError, "create_a_link tag takes exactly
> > three
> > arguments"
> > if bits[1] != 'to':
> > raise TemplateSyntaxError, "second argument to create_a_link
> > tag
> > must be 'to'"
> > return LinkNode(bits[2],)
>
> > But I get this error message:
> > TemplateSyntaxError at /
> > Caught an exception while rendering: 'unicode' object has no attribute
> > 'get_model_name'
>
> > What am I doing wrong????
>
> > Is there a simpler and better way to do this job?
>
> > I would also like to develop something that can make it simpler to
> > create tables and lists, but that later on.
>
> > Thank you :o)
>
>
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