Hi Daniel -
Okay ... so, it looks like I could do this two ways (maybe more).
After reading: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/templates/api/
1. I could create my own context process and define it in
TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS -
2. (maybe more straightforward) I could create a function in a view
that returns a dictionary of all the items (value/key pairs) in a
particular Model ... then pass that to the view when it gets process.
Then I could add/remove value/key pairs form the admin as needed.
I think I may try out option 2, and see how it goes. Sounds easier,
anyway.
Thanks! I will report back when/if I get it working.
Damon
On Jul 4, 11:36 pm, dvainsencher <dvainsenc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 4, 9:27 am, Damon Timm <damont...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hello everyone -
>
> > I wondered if anyone had insight on a Model for site-wide "global"
> > options. I am thinking of a place to store: site title, site meta,
> > site description, specific global links (twitter, facebook, etc),
> > support contact email, etc ... The model itself doesn't seem too
> > complicated, maybe:
>
> > class GlobalOptions(models.Model):
> > opiton = models.SlugField('Machine Readable Option
> > Name',max_length=50,unique=True)
> > value = models.TextField('Option Value')
> > # more fields could be included, of course (date_created, description,
> > blah)
>
> > My question, though, is about how to easily get these new "options"
> > into a template tag. So that I could simply do:
>
> > {{ globaloptions.optionname }}
>
> > And it would return the value for that option or, if the option didn't
> > exist, it would return nothing. I have been looking around for a way
> > to do this and coming up blank -- I am new to both Python and Django,
> > so I'm sure the answer is there, I just don't know where/how to look
> > for it.
>
> > Any insight would be great!
>
> > Damon
>
> You can set a globaloptions dictionary in the response context with
> option attribute as key and value attribute as value.
>
> []s
> daniel
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