I've just uploaded a template filter called "several_random" to the django snippets site. [0]
If you combine this with orestis's suggestion, I think you'll get what you're looking for. Quick side note: Using the built-in random filter in a template multiple times could give you the same result many times... so you could end-up with the same feature three times on one page. - Ben [0] http://www.djangosnippets.org/snippets/230/ On 5/11/07, Mordy Ovits <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a sidebar in my page design. I have 7 or so features that can > go in a sidebar (links, quote of the day, infostat, on this day in > history, etc.). I have models for each of those features. > > I can easily use django to have the template fill those out for every > page, but what I want is to choose 3 features of the seven at random. > The point is to have 3 feaures in the sidebar of every page, but the > specific three are chosen at random. > > I understand how to choose a random quote (using count and rand the > slice of the queryset). I can't figure out how to have the features > themselves be random. What's a sensible way to have n of m features, > chosen at random, on the page? > > Thanks, > Mordy > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
