tags:

views:

25

answers:

1
Q: 

Conditionally including content into Django 1.2 templates

How can I include with Django what Symfony calls 'components' - bits of logic and a template that's not associated with the content of the current page?

For example I want to include a sidebar that displays a list of the top 10 articles on the site. It should always be displayed if the user is looking at either an 'article' page or a 'video' page. Also, the top 10 articles component needs its own CSS and JS as well as producing content.

If I have a base template that contains sections for "content", "css" and "js", and 'article' and 'video' templates that extend the base template and then define "sidebar" blocks inside "content", what's the 'Django' way of going about this?

Thanks

+1  A: 

Custom tags are what you want - specifically, inclusion tags that let you render another template within the current one.

Daniel Roseman  2010-09-11 09:29:22
That looks great. Thanks. Will it let me append to the base template's "css" and "js" blocks though?
Roger  2010-09-11 09:33:59
There's a built-in include tag already: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/ref/templates/builtins/#include
Claude Vedovini  2010-09-11 09:35:26
yes, but include includes the whole template - it won't let me append to blocks in the parent template
Roger  2010-09-11 09:36:32
So I think if I use a custom tag to update context variables I could put my CSS, JS and content where I want
Roger  2010-09-11 09:49:42
... like described here: http://slavus.net/article/django-formmediacontext/ - in the third box down.
Roger  2010-09-11 10:03:16

related questions

Django: Print url of view without hardcoding the url
Django Calendar Widget?
Can the HTTP version or headers affect the visual appearance of a web page?
Project design / FS layout for large django projects
Extending the User model with custom fields in Django
How to generate urls in django
Always including the user in the django template context
Screencasts for Django/Python?
Using Django time/date widgets in custom form
How do I add data to an existing model in Django?
Setup django with WSGI and apache
Altering database tables in Django
Django Templates and variable attributes.
Django ImageField core=False in newforms admin
How can I render a tree structure (recursive) using a django template?
Cleanest & Fastest server setup for Django
Unicode vs UTF-8 confusion in Python / Django?
Does Hostmonster support Django
Specifying a mySQL ENUM in a Django model
Represent Ordering in a Relational Database
updating an auto_now DateTimeField in a parent model w/ Django
Version track, automate DB schema changes with django
Learning Ruby on Rails any good for Grails?
What Hosting Service is best for Django applications?
Class views in Django