Re: newbie django vs. djangoamf

the responsiveness of the app and being able to load data very quickly is a big priority. -- Al Abut -- web designer, crimefighter http://alabut.com -- On Jul 10, 6:36 am, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >From this URLhttp://djangoamf.sourceforge.jp/index.php?DjangoAMF_en: > > Django A

Re: forms and designers

Thanks John, that looks really promising and could be exactly what I was asking for. I have to admit to still being so new to django that I haven't played with templatetags or filters yet, so this is good motivation to do more homework. On Jul 8, 9:52 pm, "John Shaffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: forms and designers

Ok, so here's what I get when I pinged this discussion to the two python guys I work with: basically, you want to be able to redisplay the data the user entered on a form when you return the page with errors. And that the newform shortcuts are the only way to do that. If that's the case, then

Re: forms and designers

Nathan, thanks for those tips and that looks like a smart way to attach js triggers and classes for css. What about all the other stuff I could do to an html element though, like specify its initial value? Or do I draw the line there as a designer and say that's on the programmer's plate? James,

Re: forms and designers

> All that the shortcut does is give you less to type. It doesn't affect > validation at all. As long as you have a form element with the same > name, validation will work fine. Ok, thanks John, I'm calling out the developers at work and pointing them to this :)

Re: forms and designers

Ix5 - thanks for the link, being able to tack classes into the form elements as they're being autogenerated would help but that method looks like a pretty convoluted way to just tack on some presentation- related info, no? Compared to if that element was plain html, that's the standard I'm

Re: forms and designers

A reply by John Shaffer posted on django-developers (didn't realize it was for "developing django" not "developing with django"): "We use this in Satchmo: Discounts Discount code {{ form.discount }} {% if form.discount.errors %}*** {{ form.discount.errors|join:", " }}{% endif

forms and designers

that his programmers have the same data validation issues that the developers at my work do, I'm curious how they get around it. -- Al Abut -- web designer, crimefighter http://alabut.com -- --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed