Revert "Oops, do not return new_context just yet, update and then return"

[django-pagination.git] / doc / usage.rst

diff --git a/doc/usage.rst b/doc/usage.rst
index 804337f..a57cf46 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/usage.rst
+++ b/doc/usage.rst
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ installation, which is covered in :ref:`installation`.)
    
    Note that this replaces ``object_list`` with the list for the current page, so
    you can iterate over the ``object_list`` like you normally would.
    
    Note that this replaces ``object_list`` with the list for the current page, so
    you can iterate over the ``object_list`` like you normally would.

+
+   If you are using template ``{% block %}`` tags, the autopaginate tag must
+   exist in the same ``{% block %}`` where you access the paginated
+   ``object_list``.
+
+   In general the full syntax is::
+
+        autopaginate QUERYSET [PAGINATE_BY] [ORPHANS] [as NAME]

    
 
 6. Now you want to display the current page and the available pages, so
    
 
 6. Now you want to display the current page and the available pages, so


@@ -67,7 +75,7 @@ installation, which is covered in :ref:`installation`.)
    
        {% paginate %}
    
    
        {% paginate %}
    

-   This does not take any arguments, but does assume that you have already
+   This does not require any arguments, but does assume that you have already

    called autopaginate, so make sure to do so first.
 
 
    called autopaginate, so make sure to do so first.
 
 


@@ -77,14 +85,33 @@ a way to navigate between the different pages--all without touching your views.
 Custom pagination templates
 ===========================
 
 Custom pagination templates
 ===========================
 

-In order to override the default pagination template use the extended form of
-the ``paginate`` tag::
+By default the objects will be paginated using a helper template
+"pagination/pagination.html". You can change this with an argument to
+``paginate``.
+
+In general the full syntax is::
+
+        paginate [using "TEMPLATE"]
+
+For example, to paginate posts on a hypothetical blog page you could use
+something like this::

 
     {% autopaginate posts pagesize %}
     {% paginate using "pagination/blog/post.html" %}
 
 The default pagination template is contained in the
 
     {% autopaginate posts pagesize %}
     {% paginate using "pagination/blog/post.html" %}
 
 The default pagination template is contained in the

-``pagination/pagination.html`` file inside the distribution.
+``pagination/pagination.html`` file inside the distribution. You could extend
+it and only customize the parts you care about. Please inspect the template to
+see the blocks it defines that you could customize.
+
+
+Multiple paginations per page
+=============================
+
+You can use autopaginate/paginate multiple times in the same template. The only
+requirement is to call autopaginate before calling paginate. That is, paginate
+acts on the most recent call to autopaginate.
+

 
 A Note About Uploads
 ====================
 
 A Note About Uploads
 ====================