From f85cd32dbda85b6683b6b8a0882f7bc88fb3d060 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adrian Holovaty Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 18:07:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Improved docs/authentication.txt to note that messages only work with registered users, not anonymous users git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@1142 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37 --- docs/authentication.txt | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/authentication.txt b/docs/authentication.txt index 55334b697a..e0780902c1 100644 --- a/docs/authentication.txt +++ b/docs/authentication.txt @@ -474,3 +474,8 @@ messages are made available in the `template context`_ as the template variable Note that ``DjangoContext`` calls ``get_and_delete_messages`` behind the scenes, so any messages will be deleted even if you don't display them. + +Finally, note that this messages framework only works with users in the user +database. To send messages to anonymous users, use the `session framework`_. + +.. _session framework: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/sessions/