mapping urls to subdirectories

jemminger

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Mar 6, 2006, 11:41:10 PM3/6/06

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in order to map a url like "site.com/foo", i've seen a post where Kevin
says:
[quote]
In your controllers.py file, you'd then make your Root class look
something like this:

class Root:
entries = Entries()
[/quote]

but i can't for the life of me get this to work. caveat: i'm a python
newbie.

i've tried placing a file named foo.py alongside controllers.py and
importing it via
from foo import Foo

class Root:
foo = Foo()

but all i get is an error
ImportError: No module named foo

can anyone offer some pointers?
thanks,
jeff

jemminger

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Mar 7, 2006, 12:06:10 AM3/7/06

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i'm going to get the record for replying to myself...

after further investigation i found that my Foo class was being
resolved, but the template was not.

i'm using a template for foo.py in
templates/
foo/
foo.kid

still further experimentation suggests that each subdirectory of my
"templates" directory needs its own master.kid - is this correct? i
can't seem to get it to use the master in "templates"

Patrick Lewis

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Mar 7, 2006, 9:31:15 AM3/7/06

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jemminger wrote:
> i'm using a template for foo.py in
> templates/
> foo/
> foo.kid
>
> still further experimentation suggests that each subdirectory of my
> "templates" directory needs its own master.kid - is this correct? i
> can't seem to get it to use the master in "templates"

You don't need a master template in each directory, assuming you want
to really only have one master. But, you do need to import the master
with something like

<?python
from myproject.templates import master
?>
<html py:extends="master" ...

ajones

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Mar 7, 2006, 12:02:24 PM3/7/06

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This is a mostly unrelated tip, but when you are testing something use
different names for everything. I generally do it by appending the
name. So in my module foo I would have a fooclass that I am using
footemplate.kid to expose, etc. It stops you from accidentally
confusing the software, not to mention yourself.

jemminger

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Mar 7, 2006, 7:02:19 PM3/7/06

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> <?python
> from myproject.templates import master
> ?>
> <html py:extends="master" ...

brilliant - that's what i needed!

jemminger

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Mar 7, 2006, 7:10:18 PM3/7/06

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well, now a new problem has arisen: for some reason, clicking the link
to my newly mapped subdirectory works, but then triggers a server
restart?!?!? the master.pyc is removed, and any page refresh fails
because of this.

am i better off just keeping everything in the templates root?

jemminger

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Mar 7, 2006, 7:39:51 PM3/7/06

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i've noticed that this restarting behavior only happens in development
mode... which is good for production apps obviously, but will make
development nearly impossible if using subdirs in templates... will i
be missing anything important if i develop in production mode?

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