Re: Context Processors: {{ MEDIA_URL }} not available in templates

2008-01-07 Thread Ben Stahl
UPDATE: OK, I installed the trunk version and it worked right away, so I guess 0.96 does not support the media context processor. Thanks again for the help. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django use

Re: Context Processors: {{ MEDIA_URL }} not available in templates

2008-01-07 Thread Ben Stahl
On Jan 4, 9:43 pm, Peter Rowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, if I can't get this working I suppose I can just stuff the > > settings.MEDIA_URL variable into each template render by placing it > > into the render dictionary myself each time. > > Nah, don't do that. > > I think your probl

Re: Context Processors: {{ MEDIA_URL }} not available in templates

2008-01-04 Thread Ben Stahl
On Jan 4, 4:19 pm, Peter Rowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (3) Imported the RequestContext object in my views.py file: > > > from django.template import Template, Context, RequestContext > > I know this is a silly question, but did you *use* RequestContext, or > just import it? > > E.g. > r

Context Processors: {{ MEDIA_URL }} not available in templates

2008-01-04 Thread Ben Stahl
Hi, I read that if I install a context processor, MEDIA_URL will automatically be available to my templates. However, it's not. Here's what I've done: (1) Added the image files to my ftp server here: myserver.com/sites/myapp/images/ (2) Added this to settings.py (TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS

Re: Noob: How to bind objects to specific users?

2007-03-30 Thread Ben Stahl
Those solutions make sense, that was just what I was looking for, thanks! That should be in the docs somewhere... --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send ema

Noob: How to bind objects to specific users?

2007-03-29 Thread Ben Stahl
Hi, I think I understand modeling, and user/session authentication. But, what I don't understand is how to use these together to tie some object instances (stored in the database) to a specific user. For example, I want each authenticated user of the application to have a single instance of my mod

Forms vs. Models: Redundant?

2007-03-27 Thread Ben Stahl
Aren't you duplicating information with the newforms, violating the DRY principle? What I mean is, aren't we separately creating most or all of the same fields for a form as for the model whose data will be bound to the form? Why can't a form be instantiated automatically when passed a model (mayb