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`'settings' is undefined` in custom template?
 
   
  
 
 
I see the askbot templates use constructs like {% if settings.BLABLA %}.
 
From what I understand, the settings var should always be present, from askbot.context.application_settings, right?
 
But when I try to use {% if settings.XYZ %} in my own skin widgets, I get 
 
Exception Type: UndefinedError
Exception Value:   'settings' is undefined

 
How can that be? I would post more info but don't know what could be relevant to this.
 
 
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    asked 13 years ago,
        
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I did disable settings injection into non-askbot views to reduce impact of askbot on other apps.
Just add template settings directly in your view. If you are not comfortable with handpicking the
settings for the templates - copy a snippet from /askbot/context.py to load all the livesettings at once.
 
IMO it was a poor idea to put settings into the template context processor, because it slows down everything in the django project even apps that have nothing to do with askbot. I am thinking of completely moving to manually populating the template context in each view.
 
We are now focusing on improving performance of the app now, so cutting that fat where possible.
 
 
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That makes sense in the future, but how did you disable it now? I still see askbot.context.application_settings in the context processors (using askbot from jan 11).
 
 
 piskvorky's avatar piskvorky (13 years ago)   
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
hah, yes disabling only works if askbot is installed on a sub-url like /forum. For you all you are missing is probably the RequestContext for the view, no?
 
 
 Evgeny's avatar Evgeny (13 years ago)   
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
No, actually I found the problem was with macros -- the context is not being passed. For now I replaced the macros indirection with a simple direct {% include %}, I'll have to read more about how macros work later.
 
 
 piskvorky's avatar piskvorky (13 years ago)   
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
In macros you only see the variables that you give explicitly. They do not receive the template context, so this is an expected behavior.
 
 
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