Re: Using RequestContext by default in default 500 handler

2008-06-23 Thread Rudolph
Hi, You could generate your 500.html file by rendering a different template file that does get a RequestContext. This way you can use the MEDIA_URL and things like that without hardcoding them in your 500.html file. Ofcourse you need to regenerate your 500.html file when you change your settings,

Re: Using RequestContext by default in default 500 handler

2008-06-23 Thread Ludvig Ericson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Jun 23, 2008, at 12:28, Jason Davies wrote: > The default error handler is easily overridden so that it tries using > RequestContext first and then falls back to using Context if that > fails. - -1, strong. You swallow an exception for another. Wi

Using RequestContext by default in default 500 handler

2008-06-23 Thread Jason Davies
Dear all, I have several clients who make heavy use of MEDIA_URL for styling their sites. The pages generated by the default 500 error handler look rather ugly without any CSS or images, and the lack of branding confuses customers. The default error handler is easily overridden so that it tries