How to get database data into a template sidebar

[Drew Ferguson]

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

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Drew Ferguson
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[Joseph Mutumi]

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

[Drew Ferguson]

Wonderful! excellent pointers

Thanks