django-section 0.0.1

Django app for determining site section by request.

Django app for determining site section by request.

Installation

1. Add section.context_processors.section to TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS in your settings file:

   TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
       "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
       "django.core.context_processors.debug",
       "django.core.context_processors.i18n",
       "django.core.context_processors.media",
       "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
       "section.context_processors.section")

2. Add SECTIONS value to your settings file in the form:

   # Tuple of dictionaries used to match URL pattern names to site sections.
   # example: ({'name': '<section name>', 'matching_pattern_names': ('<url_name1>', '<url_name2>')},)
   SECTIONS = (
       {'name': 'home', 'matching_pattern_names': ('home',)},
   )

Usage

If you’re using generic views you’ll now automagically have a section variable added to context and available in your templates.

Otherwise have a look at RequestContext objects and how to use them:

http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/templates/api/#id1