When writing an app one of the things you do is set limitations. It's the same for people who choose to use pluggable apps, you're trading customization for convenience.
The way I would go about it is to write multiple outputs that are handled primarily in the view. You could set up a keyword parameter that checks the template type, if it's html, serve up the information with HTML, if the type is JSON, then send JSON to the template or other view. You could also allow for different wrappers for your content. Many Wordpress plugins (interchangeable with the term apps) allow you to set the before and after html for the entire list of objects and even set HTML elements for the individual objects in the list. You then deliver the HTML as a variable to the template and the template just outputs the HTML. I wouldn't rely on a separate template file to create my output. If you do go that route then try adding a keyword that would allow a template override so someone could customize the presentation from the ground up if they wanted. On Mar 13, 7:31 pm, Ken <t...@anl.gov> wrote: > I'm struggling with how I should go about writing "pluggable" apps. I > haven't found a satisfactory way of decoupling apps from a site and > the primary sticking point is templates. I've combed through some > discussions but have not found any that have helped. > > A site's templates determine the look and feel. If an app is to play > nice, then it needs to know a site's templates. If an app uses its > own templates, then it can override the site's look and feel. > > One approach is for an app to provide only functionality. A site that > uses an app then has the responsibility of developing views for an app > it chooses to use. This seems to me the best way forward. > > How do you go about solving this problem? > > Thanks. -- 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.
