Re: Root URI in templates

2006-06-22 Thread Derek Hoy
Or just use the templatetag approach mentioned earlier. -- Derek --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 unsubscri

Re: Root URI in templates

2006-06-21 Thread Ivan Sagalaev
plungerman wrote: > perfect, just what we needed. one thing i noticed, however, is that > this manoeuvre does not work with 404.html and 500.html type pages. This is because they use a simple Context, not RequestContext. > we > have custom templates for those two errors, and the variable is n

Re: Root URI in templates

2006-06-21 Thread plungerman
perfect, just what we needed. one thing i noticed, however, is that this manoeuvre does not work with 404.html and 500.html type pages. we have custom templates for those two errors, and the variable is not available in those templates. anyone have a suggestion how one might make the variable a

Re: Root URI in templates

2006-06-15 Thread Waylan Limberg
On 6/14/06, plungerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > that is precisely what i would like to do. how you access a > variable defined in settings.py from a template tho? i have > not been able to track this bit down. > James Bennett recently posted an excellent article on this very subject which o

Re: Root URI in templates

2006-06-14 Thread Derek Hoy
On 6/14/06, plungerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > that is precisely what i would like to do. how you access a > variable defined in settings.py from a template tho? i have > not been able to track this bit down. Here's what I have. in settings.py: APP_BASE = "http://www.mysite.org/"; in tem

Re: Root URI in templates

2006-06-14 Thread Ivan Sagalaev
ChrisW wrote: > I had thought of doing this, but after not seeing it in anyone elses > code, I wasnt sure if: > a) it was the "right thing to do". b) how to do it properly. > In all (both :-) ) my projects I use a context processor to have {{ style_url }} and {{ js_url }} in templates. This is

Re: Root URI in templates

2006-06-14 Thread Steven Armstrong
On 06/14/06 10:07, limodou wrote: >> > One method: >> > >> > set a "base" tag in template, so this tag will point the root uri of >> > this page, and other uris can be related with this uri. >> > >> > Two method: >> > >> > Define some template variables used for root uri, and using them in >> > ur

Re: Root URI in templates

2006-06-14 Thread limodou
> > One method: > > > > set a "base" tag in template, so this tag will point the root uri of > > this page, and other uris can be related with this uri. > > > > Two method: > > > > Define some template variables used for root uri, and using them in > > urls. So you can define them in settings.py o

Re: Root URI in templates

2006-06-14 Thread roger sun
hi, i just saw this documents, maybe it can help you. from django.conf.settings import the full url: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/settings/ On 6/14/06, plungerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > limodou wrote: > > On 6/14/06, ChrisW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Let me r

Re: Root URI in templates

2006-06-14 Thread plungerman
limodou wrote: > On 6/14/06, ChrisW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Let me rephrase this. I don't disagree with absolute URL's per se, but > > there should be someway of abstracting them further than is currently > > available. > > > > Lets say that your media server's address changes, doesnt

Re: Root URI in templates

2006-06-13 Thread Scott Anderson
On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 18:59 -0500, James Bennett wrote: > On 6/13/06, ChrisW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's not that "media" and "structure" are separated, it's that with > Apache/mod_python it's better for performance reasons to use a > separate web server for media files, stylesheets and Java

Re: Root URI in templates

2006-06-13 Thread limodou
On 6/14/06, ChrisW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Let me rephrase this. I don't disagree with absolute URL's per se, but > there should be someway of abstracting them further than is currently > available. > > Lets say that your media server's address changes, doesnt it seem silly > to have to go

Re: Root URI in templates

2006-06-13 Thread ChrisW
James, Thank you for your replies. > settings.MEDIA_URL contains info on this; if you're worried about that > use it to build up the links (e.g., write a templatetag that pulls it > in, or a context processor that puts it in the template context. I had thought of doing this, but after not seein

Re: Root URI in templates

2006-06-13 Thread James Bennett
On 6/13/06, ChrisW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lets say that your media server's address changes, doesnt it seem silly > to have to go through ALL of your templates to change those absolute > URL's? settings.MEDIA_URL contains info on this; if you're worried about that use it to build up the lin

Re: Root URI in templates

2006-06-13 Thread ChrisW
Let me rephrase this. I don't disagree with absolute URL's per se, but there should be someway of abstracting them further than is currently available. Lets say that your media server's address changes, doesnt it seem silly to have to go through ALL of your templates to change those absolute URL'

Re: Root URI in templates

2006-06-13 Thread James Bennett
On 6/13/06, ChrisW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I also noticed that the djangoproject webistes templates are full of > absolute hrefs to stylesheets and other *media*. Does anyone else think > this is a bad idea? Why is it a bad idea to have a site's templates reference that site's stylesheets an

Re: Root URI in templates

2006-06-13 Thread ToddG
I don't know the status but read this to see some past thoughts on the topic: http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers/browse_thread/thread/a5d12bc4fb073f24/83d7e4cb5f35ed08 There are other threads pre-dating that one as well... --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You

Re: Root URI in templates

2006-06-13 Thread ChrisW
bump :) I also noticed that the djangoproject webistes templates are full of absolute hrefs to stylesheets and other *media*. Does anyone else think this is a bad idea? ChrisW. plungerman wrote: > greetings, > > in an attempt to better understand, django from a systems perspective, > i have bee