Zinnia provides several template tags based on inclusion_tag system to create some widgets in your Web site’s templates.
Note
The presence of the template argument in many template tags allow you to reuse and customize the rendering of a template tag in a generic way. Like that you can display the same template tag many times in your pages but with a different appearance.
To start using any of the following template tags you need to load them first at the top of your template:
{% load zinnia_tags %}
Display the latest entries.
Return the most recent entries
Usage examples:
{% get_recent_entries %}
{% get_recent_entries 3 %}
{% get_recent_entries 3 "custom_template.html" %}
{% get_recent_entries template="custom_template.html" %}
Display the featured entries.
Return the featured entries
Usage examples:
{% get_featured_entries %}
{% get_featured_entries 3 %}
{% get_featured_entries 3 "custom_template.html" %}
{% get_featured_entries template="custom_template.html" %}
Display the latest entries marked as draft.
Return the latest draft entries
Usage examples:
{% get_draft_entries %}
{% get_draft_entries 3 %}
{% get_draft_entries 3 "custom_template.html" %}
{% get_draft_entries template="custom_template.html" %}
Display random entries.
Return random entries
Usage examples:
{% get_random_entries %}
{% get_random_entries 3 %}
{% get_random_entries 3 "custom_template.html" %}
{% get_random_entries template="custom_template.html" %}
Display popular entries.
Return popular entries
Usage examples:
{% get_popular_entries %}
{% get_popular_entries 3 %}
{% get_popular_entries 3 "custom_template.html" %}
{% get_popular_entries template="custom_template.html" %}
Display entries similar to an existing entry.
Return similar entries
Usage examples:
{% get_similar_entries %}
{% get_similar_entries 3 %}
{% get_similar_entries 3 "custom_template.html" %}
{% get_similar_entries template="custom_template.html" %}
Display an HTML calendar with date of publications.
If you don’t set the year or the month parameter, the calendar will look in the context of the template if one of these variables is set in this order : (month, day, object.creation_date).
If no one of these variables is found, the current month will be displayed.
Return an HTML calendar of entries
Usage examples:
{% get_calendar_entries %}
{% get_calendar_entries 2011 4 %}
{% get_calendar_entries 2011 4 "custom_template.html" %}
{% get_calendar_entries template="custom_template.html" %}
{% get_calendar_entries year=object.creation_date|date:"Y" month=12 %}
Display the archives by month.
Return archives entries
Usage examples:
{% get_archives_entries %}
{% get_archives_entries "custom_template.html" %}
Display all the archives as a tree.
Return archives entries as a Tree
Usage examples:
{% get_archives_entries_tree %}
{% get_archives_entries_tree "custom_template.html" %}
Display all the published authors.
Return the published authors
Usage examples:
{% get_authors %}
{% get_authors "custom_template.html" %}
Display all the published categories.
Return the published categories
Usage examples:
{% get_categories %}
{% get_categories "custom_template.html" %}
Display a hierarchical tree of all the categories available.
Return the categories as a tree
Usage examples:
{% get_categories_tree %}
{% get_categories "custom_template.html" %}
Store in a context variable a queryset of all the published tags.
Return the published tags
Usage example:
{% get_tags as entry_tags %}
Display a cloud of published tags.
Return a cloud of published tags
Usage examples:
{% get_tag_cloud %}
{% get_tag_cloud 9 %}
{% get_tag_cloud 9 3 %}
{% get_tag_cloud 9 3 "custom_template.html" %}
{% get_tag_cloud template="custom_template.html" %}
Display the latest comments.
Return the most recent comments
Usage examples:
{% get_recent_comments %}
{% get_recent_comments 3 %}
{% get_recent_comments 3 "custom_template.html" %}
{% get_recent_comments template="custom_template.html" %}
Display the latest linkbacks.
Return the most recent linkbacks
Usage examples:
{% get_recent_linkbacks %}
{% get_recent_linkbacks 3 %}
{% get_recent_linkbacks 3 "custom_template.html" %}
{% get_recent_linkbacks template="custom_template.html" %}
Display a Digg-like pagination for long list of pages.
Return a Digg-like pagination, by splitting long list of page into 3 blocks of pages
Usage examples:
{% zinnia_pagination page_obj %}
{% zinnia_pagination page_obj 2 2 %}
{% zinnia_pagination page_obj 2 2 3 3 %}
{% zinnia_pagination page_obj 2 2 3 3 "custom_template.html" %}
{% zinnia_pagination page_obj begin_pages=2 template="custom_template.html" %}
Display the breadcrumbs for the pages handled by Zinnia.
Return a breadcrumb for the application
Usage examples:
{% zinnia_breadcrumbs %}
{% zinnia_breadcrumbs "News" %}
{% zinnia_breadcrumbs "News" "custom_template.html" %}
{% zinnia_breadcrumbs template="custom_template.html" %}
Display the statistics about the contents handled in Zinnia.
Return statistics on the content of Zinnia
Usage examples:
{% zinnia_statistics %}
{% zinnia_statistics "custom_template.html" %}
Display the Gravatar image associated to an email, useful for comments.
Return url for a Gravatar
Usage examples:
{% get_gravatar user.email %}
{% get_gravatar user.email 50 %}
{% get_gravatar user.email 50 "PG" %}
{% get_gravatar user.email 50 "PG" "identicon" "https" %}
{% get_gravatar user.email rating="PG" protocol="https" %}