HI Alex, > (1) where do you keep it so it persists in the navbar? How is 3_menu.py > called? > > My 3_menu.py file is located in the /<your_application>/models/ directory. The files in the directory are processed in alphabetical order (which is why I prefixed a number as my database models are in 2_models.py; my db connection and some other general init stuff is in 1_init_db.py.
For a look into how web2py processes this stuff (in fact that entire chapter is useful) see: http://www.web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/04/the-core?search=alphabetical#Workflow > (2) How did you get your mail_count to run when user first logged in? > Where is that function located? > in 3_menu.py I have: # Set up general menu items here (for both logged in and non-logged in users. response.menu = (............ if auth.user: # User is logged in, set up menu for a logged in user here. response.menu += (...) email_cnt = db(db.unknown_emails).count() # Runs the query each time a request is served (and user is logged in). if email_cnt: response.menu += (...) else: # User not logged in, set up any nonlogged menu options here. response.menu += (...) ... HTH, Jose -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
