"first time here?" message with django

Question

Hi, Im writing an app that will display the register view depending if is first time visitor.

What and How is the better way to do this with Django?

thxs.

Answer 1

Use sessions: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/topics/http/sessions/#topics-http-sessions

And then do something like:

def my_view(request, *args, **kwargs):
    if request.session.get('visited', False):
        # response without the welcome message
    else:
        request.session['visited'] = True
        # response with the welcome message

For session-related settings (e.g. expiration), see http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/topics/http/sessions/#settings