If it's a value you'd like to have for every request & template, using a context processor is more appropriate.
Here's how:
Make a context_processors.py file in your app directory. Let's say I want to have the ADMIN_PREFIX_VALUE value in every context:
from django.conf import settings # import the settings file
def admin_media(request):
# return the value you want as a dictionnary. you may add multiple values in there.
return {'ADMIN_MEDIA_URL': settings.ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX}
add your context processor to your settings.py file:
TEMPLATES = [{
# whatever comes before
'OPTIONS': {
'context_processors': [
# whatever comes before
"your_app.context_processors.admin_media",
],
}
}]
Use RequestContext in your view to add your context processors in your template. The render shortcut does this automatically:
from django.shortcuts import render
def my_view(request):
return render(request, "index.html")
and finally, in your template:
...
<a href="{{ ADMIN_MEDIA_URL }}">path to admin media</a>
...