On Jun 23, 1:27 am, Tom Evans <tevans...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Travis Bear <travis.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > I'm using the django.contrib.auth app to manage user login/logout. I > > can successfully log in and out, but I cannot access the {{ user }} > > object in my templates. If I'm reading these documents correctly, > > that should be enabled by default: > > > @ zalun > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/41547/always-including-the-user-in... > > > https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/topics/auth/#authentication-dat... > > > Am I missing something? Here is a snippet from my base.html: > > > {% if user.is_authenticated %} > > <p>Welcome, {{ user.username }}. Thanks for logging in.</p> > > {% else %} > > <p>Welcome, new user. Please log in.</p> > > {% endif %} > > > If I I have my view explicity include the request.user object in the > > template context, the above code works as expected. But I don't want > > to have to put this in every one of my view functions. > > > Here are the template context processors in my settings.py: > > > TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = ("django.core.context_processors.auth", > > "django.core.context_processors.debug", > > "django.core.context_processors.i18n", > > "django.core.context_processors.media", > > > "django.core.context_processors.request", > > ) > > > Any insights appreciated. > > <psychic> > You aren't rendering the template with a RequestContext, so > TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS doesn't come into play. > </psychic> > > Cheers > > Tom
I had been under the impression that templates were rendered via the RequestContext by default. Specifying this in each of my views did the trick. Thanks. -Travis -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.