IT WORKED!!! Holy cow. So my main issue was just not using RequestContext, right? Either way, thank you SO much. I have been stuck at this point for months! I can now TRULY begin working on my website. Wow. Thank you. So. Much.
best, Guillaume On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 9:53 PM, Ivo Brodien <[email protected]> wrote: > ok, i think we got it. > > def items(request): > item_list=Item.objects.all() > return render(request, 'myapp/items.html', {'items_list':items_list}, > content_type="text/css") > > > you are returning html and text/css. Your HTML includes a CSS but that is > a different story. The Browser will ask for the included CSS file in a > different request to the server and the server responds with a static file > from disk without going through any of your views. > > so just remove content_type > > or put it to text/html which is the default. > > Your browser thinks it is a CSS file instead of HTML. > > cheers > Ivo > > > On Nov 23, 2011, at 14:40 , Guillaume Chorn wrote: > > Oops, I guess maybe you meant since I've changed the views.py file since I > last included it? Here is the newest version: > > http://dpaste.com/660808/ > > thanks, > Guillaume > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Guillaume Chorn <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Sorry, I thought I included my views.py earlier, but here it is: >> >> http://dpaste.com/660653/ >> >> It is the >> >> (r'^items/$','myapp.views.items') >> >> which is not working. It shows the expected HTML source--basically, >> exactly what I have in the template file, except {{ STATIC_URL }} has been >> changed to '/static' and all of the template tags have been replaced by >> actual values. So yes, I think that it's just not rendered. What could >> cause this? >> >> thanks, >> Guillaume >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 8:23 PM, Ivo Brodien <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> show your myapp.views.py file and is it the >>> >>> (r'^home/$','myapp.views.homepage'), >>> >>> >>> which is not working? >>> >>> Is it showing the html source that you expect just not rendered or >>> something else? >>> >>> It is always a good idea to provide as much details as possible. >>> >>> But yeah, we are getting close. >>> >>> cheers >>> Ivo >>> >>> >>> >>> Gah! Removed it, but now when I load up the page, it just shows me HTML >>> source code. The rest of the views work fine. >>> >>> Sorry for all this trouble. But at least something is happening with >>> each change you suggest! I now have more hope than I've had in quite a >>> while. I think we're getting close! =) >>> >>> thanks, >>> Guillaume >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 8:08 PM, Ivo Brodien <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> you did not read the post by Tom Evans, did you? ;) >>>> >>>> remove "django.core.context_processors.tz”, >>>> >>>> or just put: >>>> >>>> ("django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth","django.core.context_processors.debug","django.core.context_processors.i18n","django.core.context_processors.media","django.core.context_processors.static", >>>> "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages") >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> It was a mistake by me. I posted the one from the dev version. >>>> >>>> does it work now? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Nov 23, 2011, at 13:02 , Guillaume Chorn wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Thanks for continuing to follow up on this. Something is definitely >>>> happening now. I went ahead and put this into my views.py: >>>> >>>> from django.shortcuts import render >>>> >>>> def items(request): >>>> item_list=Item.objects.all() >>>> return render(request, 'myapp/items.html', {'item_list':item_list}, >>>> content_type="text/css") >>>> >>>> And now when I try to load the page, I get the following error: >>>> >>>> ImproperlyConfigured at /diseases/ >>>> >>>> Module "django.core.context_processors" does not define a "tz" callable >>>> request processor >>>> >>>> Request Method: GET >>>> Request URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/diseases/ >>>> Django Version: 1.3.1 >>>> Exception Type: ImproperlyConfigured >>>> Exception Value: >>>> >>>> Module "django.core.context_processors" does not define a "tz" callable >>>> request processor >>>> >>>> Exception Location: >>>> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/template/context.py >>>> in get_standard_processors, line 154 >>>> Python Executable: >>>> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python >>>> Python Version: 2.7.2 >>>> Python Path: >>>> >>>> ['/Users/guillaumechorn/Documents/pharmapipe', >>>> '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python27.zip', >>>> '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7', >>>> >>>> >>>> '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/plat-darwin', >>>> >>>> >>>> '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/plat-mac', >>>> >>>> >>>> '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/plat-mac/lib-scriptpackages', >>>> >>>> '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-tk', >>>> >>>> '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-old', >>>> >>>> >>>> '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload', >>>> >>>> >>>> '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages'] >>>> >>>> Did something happen to my context.py file? Here it is: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> http://dpaste.com/660778/ >>>> >>>> Also, as you can see from the error message above, I am currently using >>>> Django 1.3.1. >>>> >>>> thanks, >>>> Guillaume >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 7:10 PM, Ivo Brodien <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> STATIC_URL is not working in your template because the template does >>>>> not get the RequestContext, which has all the variables in it. >>>>> >>>>> use the render shortcut [1] instead of render_to_reponse >>>>> >>>>> BTW: It seems you are using the development version. You should change >>>>> to 1.3.1 >>>>> >>>>> Does this help? >>>>> >>>>> [1] >>>>> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/topics/http/shortcuts/#render >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Nov 23, 2011, at 7:33 , Guillaume Chorn wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> The location of my CSS file is >>>>> /Users/guillaumechorn/Documents/project/myapp/static/stylesheet.css. >>>>> Sorry, I may have missed you asking for this earlier. >>>>> >>>>> Here is my views.py: >>>>> >>>>> http://dpaste.com/660653/ >>>>> >>>>> When I hardcode the disk location of the CSS file in the template >>>>> (like so: <link rel="stylesheet" >>>>> href="/Users/guillaumechorn/Documents/project/myapp/static/stylesheet.css" >>>>> type="text/css" />), the CSS shows up if I open the template file directly >>>>> using a browser. But it still doesn't show up when loading up the page on >>>>> the development server. >>>>> >>>>> thanks, >>>>> Guillaume >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Ivo Brodien <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> looks fine. >>>>>> >>>>>> yes, show your views.py >>>>>> >>>>>> and you can also hardcode the STATIC_URL in the template to see if >>>>>> the path: src=“/static/stylesheet.css” works. >>>>>> >>>>>> or simply open http://127.0.0.1:8000/static/stylesheet.css in your >>>>>> browser. >>>>>> >>>>>> Again: Where is that CSS file on your disk? >>>>>> >>>>>> On Nov 23, 2011, at 2:46 , Guillaume Chorn wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Sorry, I think I made something confusing. In my original file, I >>>>>> only pasted the URL pattern for the site homepage. However, this is not >>>>>> the page I'm trying to style (or link to the CSS file). The page I'm >>>>>> trying to link to the CSS file is a separate one, which I have previously >>>>>> referred to as http://127.0.0.1:8000/view/, but which I will >>>>>> hereafter refer to as http://127.0.0.1:8000/items/ (and will now >>>>>> include below). I previously used the term "view" to imply a general >>>>>> myapp.views.view, but will hereafter refer to it as myapp.views.items. >>>>>> Hope that makes sense. I've used dpaste to share my code as suggested. >>>>>> >>>>>> Here is my settings.py file: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://dpaste.com/660563/ >>>>>> >>>>>> Here is the template which I want to style: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://dpaste.com/660565/ >>>>>> >>>>>> And here is my urls.py file: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://dpaste.com/660568/ >>>>>> >>>>>> Let me know if anything else is needed, such as the views.py file or >>>>>> something. >>>>>> >>>>>> thanks, >>>>>> Guillaume >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Ivo Brodien <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> In your original post you had the url like this: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> (r'^home/$','myapp.views.homepage'), >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> than your the url starts with view instead of home so there might be >>>>>>> something wrong. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> just paste these files into somthing like dpaste.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - settings.py >>>>>>> - myapp.views.homepage >>>>>>> - urls.py >>>>>>> >>>>>>> cheers >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Nov 23, 2011, at 0:29 , Guillaume Chorn wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you Ivo. Your suggestion makes a lot of sense so I tried it >>>>>>> out. Unfortunately, after adding TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS and its >>>>>>> associated tuple into the settings.py file, I tried to restart the >>>>>>> development server to see if it worked and it didn't. I checked the >>>>>>> page >>>>>>> source again and it's still looking for /view/stylesheet.css. Am I >>>>>>> missing >>>>>>> something else? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> thanks, >>>>>>> Guillaume >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:42 PM, Ivo Brodien <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Finally, I have another question. In my settings.py file, there is >>>>>>>> actually no section for TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS. I have noticed >>>>>>>> in the documentation >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> yes. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> put this in there: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ("django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth","django.core.context_processors.debug","django.core.context_processors.i18n","django.core.context_processors.media","django.core.context_processors.static","django.core.context_processors.tz","django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages") >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> and try again. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> What happens in your template is that {{ STATIC_URL }} is empty >>>>>>>> because the context processor >>>>>>>> ““django.core.context_processors.static”” did >>>>>>>> not put the STATIC_URL into the context. so your path to the file >>>>>>>> becomes: >>>>>>>> /view/stylesheet.css instead of /static/stylesheet.css >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> You have to put the CSS file in a directory called static as >>>>>>>> mentioned before. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. 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