Re: How to get database data into a template sidebar

Some of the options you have are:
1) CBVs
2) custom template tags:
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/howto/custom-template-tags/
3) template preprocessors:
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/ref/settings/#template-context-processors

On 12/2/13, Drew Ferguson <drew@afccommercial.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am not really sure how to ask the Django docs what I want to do for this
> Could someone point me at the docs please
>
> I have a 3 column layout: left & right unchanging columns and a main column
> in the middle
>
> Left column is a fixed navigation template
> Centre column is the usual dynamic CBV templates
> Rite column is also currently a fixed template
>
> Now I want to show summary data collected from one of the data models in
> the rite pane - this rite column will always show the same thing
> regardless of which CBV is in the centre column. So I need some python
> called for the rite column but independent of view classes
>
> Do I have to add a function call to all CBV contexts to tabulate the data
> I want to list or is there a better way?
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Drew Ferguson
> AFC Commercial
> http://www.afccommercial.co.uk
>

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