Question

Whaat I Want To Do:
Have a Boolean Variable: has_sidebar to check if I should include the sidebar partial or not

The partial is called in base.html, my base template

view functions should be able to change has_sidebar to declare whether response will be rendered with sidebar or not.

#views.py
def my_func1(request):
   has_sidebar = True
   return render_to_response('template1.html', {}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))

def my_func2(request):
   has_sidebar = False
   return render_to_response('template2.html', {}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))

#base.html
{% if has_sidebar %}{%include 'sidebar.html'%}{%endif%}

#template1.html
{% extends 'base.html' %}

#template2.html
{% extends 'base.html' %}

how can I do this? thanks in advance!

NOTE: The HTML layout only allows me to render the sidebar in the base template.

Answer 1

When you return base.html to be rendered, add from django.shortcuts import render_to_response to the top of your views.py and put the following in both my_funcs:

return render_to_response('base.html', {'has_sidebar': has_sidebar})