Re: Easy way to access extra User stuff in templates?

2006-06-09 Thread Todd O'Bryan
> On Jun 6, 2006, at 11:03 AM, Adrian Holovaty wrote: > >> >> On 6/6/06, Todd O'Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Here's the problem: How do I get to those in a template? I know >>> there's only one UserInfo object per User object, and ideally I'd >>> like to type something like >>> >>> {{ user

Re: Easy way to access extra User stuff in templates?

2006-06-06 Thread Jeremy Dunck
On 6/6/06, Steven Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wouldn't that be a use case for djangos built in (but hardly documented) > AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE setting? This was just written up over here: http://www.b-list.org/weblog/2006/06/06/django-tips-extending-user-model :) --~--~-~--~---

Re: Easy way to access extra User stuff in templates?

2006-06-06 Thread Steven Armstrong
On 06/06/06 17:11, Todd O'Bryan wrote: > On Jun 6, 2006, at 11:03 AM, Adrian Holovaty wrote: > >> >> On 6/6/06, Todd O'Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Here's the problem: How do I get to those in a template? I know >>> there's only one UserInfo object per User object, and ideally I'd >>> lik

Re: Easy way to access extra User stuff in templates?

2006-06-06 Thread Adrian Holovaty
On 6/6/06, Todd O'Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why is it that you can't find stuff until after you send an email > asking about it? > > I actually implemented a context processor, added a > TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS to my settings.py and then noticed the > line I had missed about list look

Re: Easy way to access extra User stuff in templates?

2006-06-06 Thread Todd O'Bryan
On Jun 6, 2006, at 11:03 AM, Adrian Holovaty wrote: > > On 6/6/06, Todd O'Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Here's the problem: How do I get to those in a template? I know >> there's only one UserInfo object per User object, and ideally I'd >> like to type something like >> >> {{ user.userinfo.

Re: Easy way to access extra User stuff in templates?

2006-06-06 Thread Adrian Holovaty
On 6/6/06, Todd O'Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's the problem: How do I get to those in a template? I know > there's only one UserInfo object per User object, and ideally I'd > like to type something like > > {{ user.userinfo.formalName }} > > in the template, but this doesn't work becau

Easy way to access extra User stuff in templates?

2006-06-06 Thread Todd O'Bryan
I've extended User by providing extra fields (a middle name, preferred nickname, etc.) in a UserInfo model with a User foreign key. I've also written methods for UserInfo for things like formalName () and informalName(). Here's the problem: How do I get to those in a template? I know there