Great. Glad te be of help. and yes, the missing RequestContext was what was missing. And insteas of trying months for yourself just drop a few lines here on that list in the furure ;-)
happy coding! On Nov 23, 2011, at 15:13 , Guillaume Chorn wrote: > 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 to '/static' and all of the template tags have been replaced by actual 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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