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Asked: 2026-05-26T16:10:19+00:00

Im using Django 1.3.1.In my django code, i have the following template for the

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Im using Django 1.3.1.In my django code, i have the following template for the main page, its called main_page.html:

<html>
<head>
<title>My Site</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Welcome</h1>
{% if user.username %}
   <p>Welcome {{ user.username }}!</p>
{% else %}
   <p>Welcome anonymous user!
   You need to <a href="/login/">login</a>
{% endif %}
</body>
</html>

I have the following view for this template:

def main_page(request):
  template = get_template('main_page.html')
  variables = Context({'user': request.user})
  output = template.render(variables)
  return HttpResponse(output)

This works as expected,i.e. it checks if the user has already logged in or not and greets accordingly. But if i replace the above view with the code below, then i always get the message for anonymous user on the main page, irrespective of whether i have logged in or not.

def main_page(request):
  return render_to_response(
      'main_page.html',
       {'user': request.user}
  )

What could be going wrong here ?. Please help.

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  1. Editorial Team

    In the template you should use {% if request.user.is_authenticated %} instead of your {% if user.username %}. That should solve your problem.

    On the other hand, I don’t know, why you’re trying to explicitly add the user variable in the view. Why not using something like:

    def main_page(request):
  return render_to_response(
      'main_page.html',
       context_instance=RequestContext(request)
  )
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