This sounds like too much work, every time you want a new option in
the sidebar you're adding another if, right?
I'm planning on building a template tag to handle side content like
that. I am using mezzanine as my base so i have the luxury of having
every url resolve to their Page model. So i'm going to be using a
onetomany field (i think) to assign content to pages as well as a
section (sidebar_left , sidebar_right, etc)
In the main template all i'm going to have to do is
{% sidebar_left page.id %}
pass page.id through to the function and return all of the content
that has a key to that page.id.
there will be more to it, such as figuring out which model the content
belongs to in order to send the data to the correct template to render
it with
On Jun 27, 7:54 am, "Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]"
<cal.leem...@simplicitymedialtd.co.uk> wrote:
> Can I just clarify what you mean by sidebar?
>
> I assume you are talking about a html element with some options inside it,
> to allow you to navigate through the site?
>
> This is (personally) how I'd do it, although others may prefer a different
> style (you could probably go as far to make this whole thing "classy").
>
> (hand typed code, may need re-writing)
>
> --- views.py ---
> page = "dashboard/help/users"
>
> RequestContext(request, {
> 'section' : page.split("/")
>
> }
>
> --- layout.html ---
> {% if section.0 = 'dashboard' %}
> display stuff relating to dashboard only
> {% if section.1 = 'help' %}
> display stuff relating to dashboard/help only
> {% endif %}
> {% endif %}
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 6:27 AM, Venkatraman S <venka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> > I was looking for possible suggestions in implementing sidebars - i have a
> > truck load of screens and need the sidebar to change dynamically base don
> > the view. Most of the siderbar-conten is just links.
>
> > I was thiking of including the various sidebar options in the base.html and
> > then include a flag to check whether it has to be rendered or not; and in
> > the view pass the relevant flag.
>
> > Any other ideas?
>
> > -venkat
>
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