Re: Docs improvement? - MEDIA_URL in templates
Thanks - that's kind of exactly what I was looking for.
I genuinely think the docs could be improved by mentioning these solutions
on the main static files page :
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/howto/static-files/ - as somebody
trying to do it for the first time, I spent a lot of time searching the
docs, didn't find that context processor, and eventually found the solution
I used on StackOverflow.
ANyway, just my 2c worth as a more inexperienced django person who is quite
reliant on the docs :)
On Sunday, 31 January 2021 at 01:08:01 UTC+1 Adam Johnson wrote:
> There's also the media context processor that will inject MEDIA_URL into
> every template context, which is very similar to how get_media_prefix
> works:
> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/templates/api/#django-template-context-processors-media
>
> On Sat, 30 Jan 2021 at 22:46, Mike Nicholson wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the suggestion for that specific case. I'll definitely use
>> that!
>>
>> It doesn't, however, address the general case. I have images saved at
>> different URLs that aren't tied to a File field (eg. Resized versions). So
>> the question remains: are the docs clear enough to explain how to do this?
>>
>> On Sat, 30 Jan 2021, 17:16 Tim Graham, wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Mike,
>>>
>>> I think you want to use {{ user.avatar.url }}.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/models/fields/#django.db.models.fields.files.FieldFile.url
>>>
>>> For future reference, since this is more of a usage question, it would
>>> be better to post to django-users. If you want to suggest a documentation
>>> change after some discussion there, you can create a ticket at
>>> https://code.djangoproject.com/.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 10:56:36 AM UTC-5 mjnich...@gmail.com
>>> wrote:
>>>
Not sure if this is something worth posting here or not, but I was
encouraged to put it up for discussion at least by somebody that knows
more
than me :)
I was recently wanting to display user-uploaded media from a template
(an avatar pic in my navbar), and I couldn't really work out the "right"
way of doing this from the docs. Docs for using static files in templates
are comprehensive - less so for media files from what I can tell.
A few SO questions, a bit of trial and error, and finding the
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/templates/builtins/#get-media-prefix
docs led me to the solution where I have
in my base template, then
>>>
in my navbar.
This works nicely, though I still don't really know if it would be
regarded as the "right" way to do it or if I now have a somewhat "hacky"
solution :)
On the page
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/howto/static-files/
it talks about deploying static and media files in prod, and gives an
example of how to use static files in a template, but no example for
media
files. It strikes me that it would be handy if this page gave an example
of
how to include a media file in a template.
Hope I'm not wasting people's time here!
Cheers
Mike
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Re: Docs improvement? - MEDIA_URL in templates
There's also the media context processor that will inject MEDIA_URL into
every template context, which is very similar to how get_media_prefix
works:
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/templates/api/#django-template-context-processors-media
On Sat, 30 Jan 2021 at 22:46, Mike Nicholson
wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestion for that specific case. I'll definitely use that!
>
> It doesn't, however, address the general case. I have images saved at
> different URLs that aren't tied to a File field (eg. Resized versions). So
> the question remains: are the docs clear enough to explain how to do this?
>
> On Sat, 30 Jan 2021, 17:16 Tim Graham, wrote:
>
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>> I think you want to use {{ user.avatar.url }}.
>>
>>
>> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/models/fields/#django.db.models.fields.files.FieldFile.url
>>
>> For future reference, since this is more of a usage question, it would be
>> better to post to django-users. If you want to suggest a documentation
>> change after some discussion there, you can create a ticket at
>> https://code.djangoproject.com/.
>>
>>
>> On Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 10:56:36 AM UTC-5 mjnich...@gmail.com
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Not sure if this is something worth posting here or not, but I was
>>> encouraged to put it up for discussion at least by somebody that knows more
>>> than me :)
>>>
>>> I was recently wanting to display user-uploaded media from a template
>>> (an avatar pic in my navbar), and I couldn't really work out the "right"
>>> way of doing this from the docs. Docs for using static files in templates
>>> are comprehensive - less so for media files from what I can tell.
>>>
>>> A few SO questions, a bit of trial and error, and finding the
>>> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/templates/builtins/#get-media-prefix
>>> docs led me to the solution where I have
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> in my base template, then
>>>
>>> >>
>>> in my navbar.
>>>
>>> This works nicely, though I still don't really know if it would be
>>> regarded as the "right" way to do it or if I now have a somewhat "hacky"
>>> solution :)
>>>
>>> On the page
>>>
>>> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/howto/static-files/
>>>
>>> it talks about deploying static and media files in prod, and gives an
>>> example of how to use static files in a template, but no example for media
>>> files. It strikes me that it would be handy if this page gave an example of
>>> how to include a media file in a template.
>>>
>>> Hope I'm not wasting people's time here!
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
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Re: Docs improvement? - MEDIA_URL in templates
I have no problem with your solution, or use MEDIA_URL as described at
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#media-url.
Generally for resized versions I'd use a third-party solution that offers
some helpers like
https://sorl-thumbnail.readthedocs.io/en/latest/examples.html#template-examples.
On Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 5:47:00 PM UTC-5 mjnich...@gmail.com wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestion for that specific case. I'll definitely use that!
>
> It doesn't, however, address the general case. I have images saved at
> different URLs that aren't tied to a File field (eg. Resized versions). So
> the question remains: are the docs clear enough to explain how to do this?
>
> On Sat, 30 Jan 2021, 17:16 Tim Graham, wrote:
>
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>> I think you want to use {{ user.avatar.url }}.
>>
>>
>> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/models/fields/#django.db.models.fields.files.FieldFile.url
>>
>> For future reference, since this is more of a usage question, it would be
>> better to post to django-users. If you want to suggest a documentation
>> change after some discussion there, you can create a ticket at
>> https://code.djangoproject.com/.
>>
>>
>> On Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 10:56:36 AM UTC-5 mjnich...@gmail.com
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Not sure if this is something worth posting here or not, but I was
>>> encouraged to put it up for discussion at least by somebody that knows more
>>> than me :)
>>>
>>> I was recently wanting to display user-uploaded media from a template
>>> (an avatar pic in my navbar), and I couldn't really work out the "right"
>>> way of doing this from the docs. Docs for using static files in templates
>>> are comprehensive - less so for media files from what I can tell.
>>>
>>> A few SO questions, a bit of trial and error, and finding the
>>> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/templates/builtins/#get-media-prefix
>>>
>>> docs led me to the solution where I have
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> in my base template, then
>>>
>>> >>
>>> in my navbar.
>>>
>>> This works nicely, though I still don't really know if it would be
>>> regarded as the "right" way to do it or if I now have a somewhat "hacky"
>>> solution :)
>>>
>>> On the page
>>>
>>> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/howto/static-files/
>>>
>>> it talks about deploying static and media files in prod, and gives an
>>> example of how to use static files in a template, but no example for media
>>> files. It strikes me that it would be handy if this page gave an example of
>>> how to include a media file in a template.
>>>
>>> Hope I'm not wasting people's time here!
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
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Re: Docs improvement? - MEDIA_URL in templates
Thanks for the suggestion for that specific case. I'll definitely use that!
It doesn't, however, address the general case. I have images saved at
different URLs that aren't tied to a File field (eg. Resized versions). So
the question remains: are the docs clear enough to explain how to do this?
On Sat, 30 Jan 2021, 17:16 Tim Graham, wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> I think you want to use {{ user.avatar.url }}.
>
>
> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/models/fields/#django.db.models.fields.files.FieldFile.url
>
> For future reference, since this is more of a usage question, it would be
> better to post to django-users. If you want to suggest a documentation
> change after some discussion there, you can create a ticket at
> https://code.djangoproject.com/.
>
>
> On Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 10:56:36 AM UTC-5 mjnich...@gmail.com
> wrote:
>
>> Not sure if this is something worth posting here or not, but I was
>> encouraged to put it up for discussion at least by somebody that knows more
>> than me :)
>>
>> I was recently wanting to display user-uploaded media from a template (an
>> avatar pic in my navbar), and I couldn't really work out the "right" way of
>> doing this from the docs. Docs for using static files in templates are
>> comprehensive - less so for media files from what I can tell.
>>
>> A few SO questions, a bit of trial and error, and finding the
>> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/templates/builtins/#get-media-prefix
>> docs led me to the solution where I have
>>
>>
>>
>> in my base template, then
>>
>> >
>> in my navbar.
>>
>> This works nicely, though I still don't really know if it would be
>> regarded as the "right" way to do it or if I now have a somewhat "hacky"
>> solution :)
>>
>> On the page
>>
>> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/howto/static-files/
>>
>> it talks about deploying static and media files in prod, and gives an
>> example of how to use static files in a template, but no example for media
>> files. It strikes me that it would be handy if this page gave an example of
>> how to include a media file in a template.
>>
>> Hope I'm not wasting people's time here!
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Mike
>>
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Re: Docs improvement? - MEDIA_URL in templates
Hi Mike,
I think you want to use {{ user.avatar.url }}.
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/models/fields/#django.db.models.fields.files.FieldFile.url
For future reference, since this is more of a usage question, it would be
better to post to django-users. If you want to suggest a documentation
change after some discussion there, you can create a ticket at
https://code.djangoproject.com/.
On Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 10:56:36 AM UTC-5 mjnich...@gmail.com
wrote:
> Not sure if this is something worth posting here or not, but I was
> encouraged to put it up for discussion at least by somebody that knows more
> than me :)
>
> I was recently wanting to display user-uploaded media from a template (an
> avatar pic in my navbar), and I couldn't really work out the "right" way of
> doing this from the docs. Docs for using static files in templates are
> comprehensive - less so for media files from what I can tell.
>
> A few SO questions, a bit of trial and error, and finding the
> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/templates/builtins/#get-media-prefix
>
> docs led me to the solution where I have
>
>
>
> in my base template, then
>
>
> in my navbar.
>
> This works nicely, though I still don't really know if it would be
> regarded as the "right" way to do it or if I now have a somewhat "hacky"
> solution :)
>
> On the page
>
> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/howto/static-files/
>
> it talks about deploying static and media files in prod, and gives an
> example of how to use static files in a template, but no example for media
> files. It strikes me that it would be handy if this page gave an example of
> how to include a media file in a template.
>
> Hope I'm not wasting people's time here!
>
> Cheers
>
> Mike
>
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Docs improvement? - MEDIA_URL in templates
Not sure if this is something worth posting here or not, but I was encouraged to put it up for discussion at least by somebody that knows more than me :) I was recently wanting to display user-uploaded media from a template (an avatar pic in my navbar), and I couldn't really work out the "right" way of doing this from the docs. Docs for using static files in templates are comprehensive - less so for media files from what I can tell. A few SO questions, a bit of trial and error, and finding the https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/templates/builtins/#get-media-prefix docs led me to the solution where I have in my base template, then https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/howto/static-files/ it talks about deploying static and media files in prod, and gives an example of how to use static files in a template, but no example for media files. It strikes me that it would be handy if this page gave an example of how to include a media file in a template. Hope I'm not wasting people's time here! Cheers Mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers (Contributions to Django itself)" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/d74329ab-1781-4769-be1c-5448431acab9n%40googlegroups.com.
