class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin): … def changelist_view(self, request, extra_context=None): extra_context = extra_context or {} extra_context[‘some_var’] = ‘This is what I want to show’ return super(MyModelAdmin, self).changelist_view(request, extra_context=extra_context) See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/admin/#django.contrib.admin.ModelAdmin.changelist_view
The context processor you have written should work. The problem is in your view. Are you positive that your view is being rendered with RequestContext? For example: def test_view(request): return render_to_response(‘template.html’) The view above will not use the context processors listed in TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS. Make sure you are supplying a RequestContext like so: def test_view(request): return … Read more
When you use a Django Template, it is compiled once (and only once) and stored for future use, as an optimization. A template can have variable names in double curly braces, such as {{ myvar1 }} and {{ myvar2 }}. A Context is a dictionary with variable names as the key and their values as … Read more