I'm doing some testruns on Django to find out how it fits me. Until now: Just great. But - as always - there are some problems you encounter when you are inexperienced with a specific framework. I've some Problems at the moment with the built-in Django authentification. I'm not sure if I'm just not able to find the information in the docs or if it is just absent.
Problem: A user reaches the website and sees (besides some public stuff like news) a small login area. In this area he should be able to login. After that - if the input was correct - the same site should be displayed again but for example with a little text in the login area like "Logged in as, USERNAME - [logout button]" instead of the login input fields. But if for example the password didn't match the username the site reloads and an error message gets printed. After the user logs out there should be the login inputs again for re- authenticating. This login area should always be visible (with the correct data... login inputs if not logged in and logout button etc if logged in). I know that django normally likes to work with URL-changes but in this case there wouldn't even be a POST request when the user loads the site in the beginning. This way of authenticating feels just right for me - I got used to it surfing the internet. That's why I would like to copy that behaviour. I know this question is not very specific but I can't express it better. The point is: Is it possible to get such behaviour and still using the views from django.contrib.auth? I spent hours searching the web for an answer to that or a small tutorial how to use the builtin django auth application to get such behaviour (global area - always knowing if the user is logged in or not logged in and showing appropriate options / information) but couldn't find anything that helped me. If someone could supply a small list what to do and where to search I'm sure I would get it working myself. So you don't have to support me with out-of-the-box completely functionning code. I hope I pointed the problem out and my english wasn't too bad. Thanks in advance for any help or thoughts on this! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
