Awesome!!!!!
I knew it had to be something small - many thanks! :)
On Mar 26, 4:12 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> remove the ','
>
> {% ifequal nav.slugName current %}
>
> -Doug
>
> On Mar 26, 7:06 pm, "Mikey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Can someone tell me why the following template code always evaluates
> > to true when comparing two strings:
>
> > <ul class="rollmenu">
> > {% for nav in nav_items %}
> > {% ifequal nav.slugName, current %}
> > <li class="selected">
> > <a href="/products/{{ nav.slugName }}/">{{ nav.displayName }}</
> > a>
> > </li>
> > {% else %}
> > <li>
> > <a href="/products/{{ nav.slugName }}/">{{ nav.displayName }}</
> > a>
> > </li>
> > {% endifequal %}
> > {% endfor %}
> > </ul>
>
> > if I stick the following debug code:
>
> > {{ nav.slugName }} -- {{ link }}
>
> > I get values that should not be equal and values that should
>
> > eg.
> > nav.slugName = col1, link = col2
> > col1 col2
> > ------ -----
> > one -- one
> > two -- one
> > three -- one
> > - the first item should evaluate to true, but the rest shouldn't,
> > however the else never gets evaluated
>
> > I'm sure it's something simple :)
>
> > This code is in a template called from the following code:
>
> > register.inclusion_tag('left_nav.html')(show_leftnav)
>
> > And show_leftnav is:
>
> > def show_leftnav(current):
> > left_nav_items = Manufacturer.objects.all().order_by('displayName')
> > return {'nav_items' : left_nav_items, 'current' : current}
>
> > And finally, in the template.html:
>
> > {% block leftNavigation %}
> > {% show_leftnav "home" %}
> > {% endblock %}
>
> > for home page and:
>
> > {% block leftNavigation %}
> > {% show_leftnav manufacturer.slugName %}
> > {% endblock %}
>
> > for the product pages that the leftnav links to.
>
> > Hope someone can help, I'm also open to suggestions for a better way
> > to do left navigation that "knows" where you are :)
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