DjangoBot: #django

not a string

so 'Enquiry' = wrong

ok

thanks

are there any default tags that take arguments that can be either a variable from context, or a string, like a slug?

um, almost all of them?

for instance?

i've got a model Post with an image field (image), and in the python shell, post_instance.image returns the path of the image as a unicode. shouldn't it be an object?

smcoll: pick one

firstof

that one doesn't make sense replacing the vars with strings

so even if it worked (which it might) it'd be silly

which one does?

almost all of them

cycle, ifequal, include, probably now, with, and so on

why are you asking this silly question anyway?

how can i modify http://dpaste.com/71903/ to do that?

right now it only takes a string, and can't take a variable

the first argument of the tag

you read the docs of course

specifically what part of what doc

the one about passing variables to a tag

imagine that

do i nest two try:except staments, to take care of both cases?

what cases?

if one throws an exception the other can't...

so if you somehow think you'd need two excepts for two errors, no...

well, whether i send a slug or a variable from context

resolve_variable should handle both

oh

Do Generic Views use RequestContext or just normal Context?

nick125: RequestContext

Magus-: Awesome. Thanks

How to I tell my django project to look at local_settings.py instead of settings.py?

you can run the devserver adding a --settings=filename.py parameter to manage.py

but i'm not sure how to configure your production server

not only devserver, but everything that manage.py can do

Is there a way in templates to grab the first object out of a list?

Anybody know if the latest version of django-evolution is compatible 1.0b1?

production server setting depends on the method of deployment, on mod_wsgi it's easy as hell.

nick125: {{ value|first }}

ilogik: Here's where it gets fun...I need to access an attribute within the first object too. Any ideas on that?

nope...maybe in a for loop and use if forloop.first? but that's pretty ugly

I just need to get a single object in a generic view (the latest post), so I'm trying an archive_index view with a num_latest of 1

I really don't want to iterate over it, even though I know there should only be a single object...mainly because that's really ugly

(and very prone to break if say, it happens to pass more than one object)

if you use if forloop.first it shouldn't break

i'm trying to install my django app to a production server... i'm stuck in the SetEnv line... should i write the path to the settings file of the project or..?

Hi all

I currently have an admin-administered model, Photo, that lets up upload a single image and assign it any number of existing (or new) instances of a Tag model. I want to create an admin page that will let me upload a zip file, decompress it, and then show me a table of images on the left and tag selectboxes on the right. I'm pretty sure this is just the sort of customization that newforms-admin is designed for, but I can't figure out how to

any suggestions?

I have a noob-level question

yes?

I'm building a rather small website with different types of content: some very specific content (a list of artists, a list of expositions with lots of metadata, etc.), and some more classical like some «static» pages and news.

And I was wondering wether I should put it all in one single application, or create several applications.

up to you, FlorentV

FlorentV multiple apps

FlorentV technically, of course, Magus is right (he usually is)

FlorentV: but if you're asking the question, it suggests you're new to web coding in general, and so you should probably stick to "Best Practices" -- the suggested "right" way of doing things, and that means one app -- one use

Magus- and Matro: let's say I may want to link news items to some exhibitions, or the other way round. If i put news in one app, and exhibitions in another one, that may be more difficult?

no

hi all, i am experiencing some difficulties with django.views.generic.create_update. if i use {{ form.address }} in my template object_form.html i got a proper form field in my web page, if i use {{ form.as_table }} i don't get anything. i wish i could use ":as_table" to get all the fields at once. what am i missing?

definitely not

Great. So several apps it is. :)

:)

cheshair: if you're not using a very recent svn, your generics use oldforms, so its impossible to use newforms shortcuts on it

um, could someone go to www.adosphotography.com and tell me if they get a Google Analytics overlay?

I don't

good

I have no idea why I do

must be google trying to be slick again

Magus-: that's veeery interesting (i'm using 0.97something), no problem to update (i'm a brave boy :-)), but sounds weird because if i use modelforms within the same django installation, i can successfully use as_table...

Matro: I went there and saw nothing that I would describe as a “Google Analytics overlay”.

because modelforms are newforms, obviouslyu, cheshair

and the older generics DID NOT USE THEM

they used OLDFORMS

which does not have those shortcuts

Magus-: that's so clear!

so you're simply on too old a version of django

Magus-: i'll update and come back here

Magus-: thanks!

FlorentV thanks. Definitely google trying to be clever, then (must still be signed in or something)

I just synced to the latest svn revision for testing, and my flatpages aren't working anymore. If I try to access a flatpage, it's an HTTP 302 redirect to the site's front page. Google not turning up anything useful so far.

Last time I synced was way back in April

mozirev: if I used the old admin application and just updated to 1.0b1 or SVN, you may be up for a little surprise...

since the whole admin application changed, and the way to configure it changed as well

right, originally the site wouldn't display and I updated my models with some admin.ModelAdmin classes

and that got the site back

mozirev: for the flatpages, apparently you need to add django.contrib.sites to your INSTALLED_APPS

you've always needed that

I have the middleware and the installed_apps correct according to the Django Flatpages doc

Magus-: oh, maybe, i just checked the documentation pages for both dev and 0.96, and that was the main difference I noticed

does newforms-admin affect flatpages' operation?

no

hey what's up everyone

woops wrong room

!

thought i was in geodjango

hmm, I'll look some more