Other templates are not inheriting FOR LOOP in my base template - django

Question

The loop is actually for the Navigation. Listing Categories and Shops who sells or render services under each category.
Please.. I'm new to Django and Python. And i'm sorry if i'm very slow to getting this things... Thanks
models.py
class ShopCategories(models.Model):
category = models.CharField(max_length=50, unique=True)
def __str__(self):
return self.category
class NewShop(models.Model):
category = models.ForeignKey(ShopCategories)
main_image = models.FileField(null=True, blank=True)
name = models.CharField(max_length=100, unique=True)
tagline = models.CharField(max_length=50, default='Enter tagline here2')
description = models.TextField(default='enter shop description')
shop_image = models.FileField(null=True, blank=True)
views.py
def homepage(request):
return render_to_response('index.html')
def basefile(request):
cat1 = NewShop.objects.filter(category_id=1)
cat2 = NewShop.objects.filter(category_id=2)
cat3 = NewShop.objects.filter(category_id=3)
cat4 = NewShop.objects.filter(category_id=4)
name1 = ShopCategories.objects.filter(id=1)
name2 = ShopCategories.objects.filter(id=2)
name3 = ShopCategories.objects.filter(id=3)
name4 = ShopCategories.objects.filter(id=4)
return render_to_response('base.html', {'Shop_cat1':cat1, 'Shop_cat2':cat2, 'Shop_cat3':cat3,
'Shop_cat4':cat4,'shop_name1':name1, 'shop_name2':name2,
'shop_name3':name3, 'shop_name4':name4})
base.html
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li class="current-menu-item">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li class="current-menu-item">
ENTOURAGE MALL
</li>
<li class="dropdown pi-mega-fw menu-item-has-children">
SHOPS
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li>
<div class="pi-mega-content">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-3 pi-mm-col">
<ul class="pi-mm-list">
{% for shop in shop_name1 %}
<li>
<h3> {{ shop }}</h3>
</li>
{% endfor %}
{% for cat in Shop_cat1 %}
<li>{{ cat }}</li>
{% endfor %}
</ul>
</div>
<div class="col-md-3 pi-mm-col">
<ul class="pi-mm-list">
{% for shop in shop_name2 %}
<li>
<h3> {{ shop }}</h3>
</li>
{% endfor %}
{% for cat in Shop_cat2 %}
<li>{{ cat }}</li>
{% endfor %}
</ul>
</div>
<div class="col-md-3 pi-mm-col">
<ul class="pi-mm-list">
{% for shop in shop_name3 %}
<li>
<h3> {{ shop }}</h3>
</li>
{% endfor %}
{% for cat in Shop_cat3 %}
<li>{{ cat }}</li>
{% endfor %}
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="menu-item">
ENTOURAGE LOUNGE
</li>
<li class="menu-item">
About MALL
</li>
<li class="menu-item">
BLOG
</li>
</ul>
index.html
{% extends "base.html" %}
{% block title %} This is Homepage {% endblock title %}
Urls.py
urlpatterns = [
url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
url(r'^$', views.homepage),
url(r'^base/', views.basefile)
]
if settings.DEBUG:
urlpatterns += static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root= settings.STATIC_ROOT)
urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_URL, docuemt_root= settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
It works just fine in base.html. But when i {% extends base.html %} in index or other templates. The templates loads just fine, but the FOR loop isnt functional. What exactly am i doing wrong?

Answer 1

You should provide context in homepage view in the same way as in basefile view:
def homepage(request):
cat1 = NewShop.objects.filter(category_id=1)
cat2 = NewShop.objects.filter(category_id=2)
cat3 = NewShop.objects.filter(category_id=3)
cat4 = NewShop.objects.filter(category_id=4)
name1 = ShopCategories.objects.filter(id=1)
name2 = ShopCategories.objects.filter(id=2)
name3 = ShopCategories.objects.filter(id=3)
name4 = ShopCategories.objects.filter(id=4)
return render_to_response('index.html', {'Shop_cat1':cat1, 'Shop_cat2':cat2, 'Shop_cat3':cat3,
'Shop_cat4':cat4,'shop_name1':name1, 'shop_name2':name2,
'shop_name3':name3, 'shop_name4':name4})