Oops, I guess maybe you meant since I've changed the views.py file since I last included it? Here is the newest version:
http://dpaste.com/660808/ thanks, Guillaume On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Guillaume Chorn <guillaumech...@gmail.com>wrote: > Sorry, I thought I included my views.py earlier, but here it is: > > http://dpaste.com/660653/ > > It is the > > (r'^items/$','myapp.views.items') > > which is not working. It shows the expected HTML source--basically, > exactly what I have in the template file, except {{ STATIC_URL }} has been > changed to '/static' and all of the template tags have been replaced by > actual values. So yes, I think that it's just not rendered. What could > cause this? > > thanks, > Guillaume > > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 8:23 PM, Ivo Brodien <i...@brodien.de> wrote: > >> show your myapp.views.py file and is it the >> >> (r'^home/$','myapp.views.homepage'), >> >> >> which is not working? >> >> Is it showing the html source that you expect just not rendered or >> something else? >> >> It is always a good idea to provide as much details as possible. >> >> But yeah, we are getting close. >> >> cheers >> Ivo >> >> >> >> Gah! Removed it, but now when I load up the page, it just shows me HTML >> source code. The rest of the views work fine. >> >> Sorry for all this trouble. But at least something is happening with >> each change you suggest! I now have more hope than I've had in quite a >> while. I think we're getting close! =) >> >> thanks, >> Guillaume >> >> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 8:08 PM, Ivo Brodien <i...@brodien.de> wrote: >> >>> you did not read the post by Tom Evans, did you? ;) >>> >>> remove "django.core.context_processors.tz”, >>> >>> or just put: >>> >>> ("django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth","django.core.context_processors.debug","django.core.context_processors.i18n","django.core.context_processors.media","django.core.context_processors.static", >>> "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages") >>> >>> >>> >>> It was a mistake by me. I posted the one from the dev version. >>> >>> does it work now? >>> >>> >>> >>> On Nov 23, 2011, at 13:02 , Guillaume Chorn wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Thanks for continuing to follow up on this. Something is definitely >>> happening now. I went ahead and put this into my views.py: >>> >>> from django.shortcuts import render >>> >>> def items(request): >>> item_list=Item.objects.all() >>> return render(request, 'myapp/items.html', {'item_list':item_list}, >>> content_type="text/css") >>> >>> And now when I try to load the page, I get the following error: >>> >>> ImproperlyConfigured at /diseases/ >>> >>> Module "django.core.context_processors" does not define a "tz" callable >>> request processor >>> >>> Request Method: GET >>> Request URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/diseases/ >>> Django Version: 1.3.1 >>> Exception Type: ImproperlyConfigured >>> Exception Value: >>> >>> Module "django.core.context_processors" does not define a "tz" callable >>> request processor >>> >>> Exception Location: >>> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/template/context.py >>> in get_standard_processors, line 154 >>> Python Executable: >>> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python >>> Python Version: 2.7.2 >>> Python Path: >>> >>> ['/Users/guillaumechorn/Documents/pharmapipe', >>> '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python27.zip', >>> '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7', >>> >>> >>> '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/plat-darwin', >>> >>> '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/plat-mac', >>> >>> >>> '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/plat-mac/lib-scriptpackages', >>> >>> '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-tk', >>> >>> '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-old', >>> >>> >>> '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload', >>> >>> >>> '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages'] >>> >>> Did something happen to my context.py file? Here it is: >>> >>> >>> http://dpaste.com/660778/ >>> >>> Also, as you can see from the error message above, I am currently using >>> Django 1.3.1. >>> >>> thanks, >>> Guillaume >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 7:10 PM, Ivo Brodien <i...@brodien.de> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> STATIC_URL is not working in your template because the template does >>>> not get the RequestContext, which has all the variables in it. >>>> >>>> use the render shortcut [1] instead of render_to_reponse >>>> >>>> BTW: It seems you are using the development version. You should change >>>> to 1.3.1 >>>> >>>> Does this help? >>>> >>>> [1] >>>> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/topics/http/shortcuts/#render >>>> >>>> >>>> On Nov 23, 2011, at 7:33 , Guillaume Chorn wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> The location of my CSS file is >>>> /Users/guillaumechorn/Documents/project/myapp/static/stylesheet.css. >>>> Sorry, I may have missed you asking for this earlier. >>>> >>>> Here is my views.py: >>>> >>>> http://dpaste.com/660653/ >>>> >>>> When I hardcode the disk location of the CSS file in the template (like >>>> so: <link rel="stylesheet" >>>> href="/Users/guillaumechorn/Documents/project/myapp/static/stylesheet.css" >>>> type="text/css" />), the CSS shows up if I open the template file directly >>>> using a browser. But it still doesn't show up when loading up the page on >>>> the development server. >>>> >>>> thanks, >>>> Guillaume >>>> >>>> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Ivo Brodien <i...@brodien.de> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> looks fine. >>>>> >>>>> yes, show your views.py >>>>> >>>>> and you can also hardcode the STATIC_URL in the template to see if the >>>>> path: src=“/static/stylesheet.css” works. >>>>> >>>>> or simply open http://127.0.0.1:8000/static/stylesheet.css in your >>>>> browser. >>>>> >>>>> Again: Where is that CSS file on your disk? >>>>> >>>>> On Nov 23, 2011, at 2:46 , Guillaume Chorn wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Sorry, I think I made something confusing. In my original file, I >>>>> only pasted the URL pattern for the site homepage. However, this is not >>>>> the page I'm trying to style (or link to the CSS file). The page I'm >>>>> trying to link to the CSS file is a separate one, which I have previously >>>>> referred to as http://127.0.0.1:8000/view/, but which I will >>>>> hereafter refer to as http://127.0.0.1:8000/items/ (and will now >>>>> include below). I previously used the term "view" to imply a general >>>>> myapp.views.view, but will hereafter refer to it as myapp.views.items. >>>>> Hope that makes sense. I've used dpaste to share my code as suggested. >>>>> >>>>> Here is my settings.py file: >>>>> >>>>> http://dpaste.com/660563/ >>>>> >>>>> Here is the template which I want to style: >>>>> >>>>> http://dpaste.com/660565/ >>>>> >>>>> And here is my urls.py file: >>>>> >>>>> http://dpaste.com/660568/ >>>>> >>>>> Let me know if anything else is needed, such as the views.py file or >>>>> something. >>>>> >>>>> thanks, >>>>> Guillaume >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Ivo Brodien <i...@brodien.de> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> In your original post you had the url like this: >>>>>> >>>>>> (r'^home/$','myapp.views.homepage'), >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> than your the url starts with view instead of home so there might be >>>>>> something wrong. >>>>>> >>>>>> just paste these files into somthing like dpaste.com >>>>>> >>>>>> - settings.py >>>>>> - myapp.views.homepage >>>>>> - urls.py >>>>>> >>>>>> cheers >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Nov 23, 2011, at 0:29 , Guillaume Chorn wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you Ivo. Your suggestion makes a lot of sense so I tried it >>>>>> out. Unfortunately, after adding TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS and its >>>>>> associated tuple into the settings.py file, I tried to restart the >>>>>> development server to see if it worked and it didn't. I checked the page >>>>>> source again and it's still looking for /view/stylesheet.css. Am I >>>>>> missing >>>>>> something else? >>>>>> >>>>>> thanks, >>>>>> Guillaume >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:42 PM, Ivo Brodien <i...@brodien.de> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Finally, I have another question. In my settings.py file, there is >>>>>>> actually no section for TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS. I have noticed in >>>>>>> the documentation >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> yes. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> put this in there: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ("django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth","django.core.context_processors.debug","django.core.context_processors.i18n","django.core.context_processors.media","django.core.context_processors.static","django.core.context_processors.tz","django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages") >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> and try again. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> What happens in your template is that {{ STATIC_URL }} is empty >>>>>>> because the context processor ““django.core.context_processors.static”” >>>>>>> did >>>>>>> not put the STATIC_URL into the context. so your path to the file >>>>>>> becomes: >>>>>>> /view/stylesheet.css instead of /static/stylesheet.css >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You have to put the CSS file in a directory called static as >>>>>>> mentioned before. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. 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