summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorAdrian Holovaty <adrian@holovaty.com>2005-11-09 18:07:06 +0000
committerAdrian Holovaty <adrian@holovaty.com>2005-11-09 18:07:06 +0000
commitf85cd32dbda85b6683b6b8a0882f7bc88fb3d060 (patch)
tree75ffdcb3c7687635fca4b80db85655123ed4b2c2
parent0b1d24c54d1ab5efba05ae9d8e0e997c3c1b5b61 (diff)
downloaddjango-f85cd32dbda85b6683b6b8a0882f7bc88fb3d060.tar.gz
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
-rw-r--r--docs/authentication.txt5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
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/