stringformat to get first 3 characters?

I need to use the stringformat filter on a variable in a template but I just want it to grab the first 3 characters of the variable. {{ object.caption|lower|truncatewords:"1"|stringformat:"3s" }} Doesnt seem to work. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this

IFEQUAL takes two arguments error on Django 0.91

I'm on Django 0.91 (unfortunately we are stuck with that and cannot upgrade). We have a variable - object.caption and lets say that it equals "Bling: whatever" (without the quotes) I am doing a hack in the templates (dont have access to anything else, and need to output "IT WORKED!" (without

Is there a way to use the Cut Filter to only do the first instance?

I am using the following {{ section.get_absolute_url|cut:"/news/" }} on a string that is /news/new-york-jets/news/ I need to remove the first /news but the CUT filter removes all instances of it, is there a way for me to remove on the first "/news"?

Parsing through feed to get to enclosure data?

I have a RSS feed and I need to be able to get to the enclosure data out of it. Our code loads libRSS, here is what I have so far and its not working {% for itm in rss.items %} {{itm.description}} FLV {% endfor %} Here is what my feed

ifequal doesn't like spaces?

I have something like the following {% ifequal flatpage.title "Special Reports" %} http://example.com/icon_specialreports.png; /> {% endifequal %} I get the error 'ifequal' takes two arguments so it doesn't like the fact that "Special Reports" has a space in it. Is there a way around

Re: Is there a TRIM feature for templates in Django 0.91

TRIM would delete any whitespace from the string (tabs, newlines, spaces, ...). SPACELESS comes close as it will convert all the whitespace into just 1 space. I'm stuck on 0.91 at work and I dont think they plan on upgrading anytime soon (its beyond my control) I'm not sure SPACELESS doesnt

Is there a TRIM feature for templates in Django 0.91

I looked over the docs http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/0_91/templates/ but the closest thing was SPACELESS I tried to use it like this: {% block data %}{% spaceless %}{{ story.tease }}{% endspaceless %}{% endblock %} But it didnt work.

Re: How do I Sort Years in Template

thanks, I had to use dictsortreversed and that puts them in newest year first :) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to

How do I Sort Years in Template

Story archive {% for date in date_list %} {{ date.year }} {% endfor %} Not sure how to do this --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to