Yeah I was going to post a sample if that's what he said next :) Here
is another sample in addition to the link above .. on how to pass the
menu code via context processors:
In your settings.py file ...
Find the line that says (there may be more in there depending on your
setup):
TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS =
("django.core.context_processors.request",)
Change it to something like this:
TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS =
('yourproject.yourapp.somepythonfile.menu',"django.core.context_processors.request",)
Then under in your python code create a menu function which
corresponds to the above:
def menu(request):
return {'menu': "some html code for the menu"}
Then when calling up each of your views add
(context_instance=RequestContext(request)) when calling
render_to_response:
return render_to_response('somefile.html',
{'someothervariableyouyoumightwant':value},context_instance=RequestContext(request))
Now you can access this via {{ menu }} in any of your templates.
On Jul 28, 2:26 pm, Nathan Ostgard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I could be wrong, but I think the problem he's having is having to
> specify the menu variable in the context for every view, not the
> template end of it...
>
> To fix that, you will want to check out context
> processors:http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/templates_python/#subclass...
>
> On Jul 28, 10:30 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Why not have a base template that contains the menu variable ( I put
> > mine in a session variable accessible to the templates named menu ),
> > then have all of your other templates extend from that template?
>
> > In base.html:
>
> > <head>your header code</head>
> > <body>
> > {% block menu %}
> > {{ menu }}
> > {% endblock%}
>
> > {% block content %}{% endblock %}
> > </body>
>
> > Then in your other templates:
> > {% extends "base.html" %}
>
> > {% block content %}
> > content for your html specific page here
> > {% endblock %}
>
> > On Jul 28, 1:13 pm, Eloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > I've got a nav.html template that does the menu on every page. The
> > > only trouble is I have to store the menu items in a global variable
> > > and pass it to the page template in every view. Is there any way to
> > > make a view for the nav.html template (which is included in all the
> > > page templates)? I imagine it could be done with SSI but I don't want
> > > to go that route unless I have no other option.
>
> > > Thanks,
> > > -Dan
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