Synnefo

from synnefo_branding import settings

from django.template.loader import render_to_string as django_render_to_string

def get_branding_dict(prepend=None):

        dct = {}

        for key in dir(settings):

                if key == key.upper():

                        newkey = key.lower()

                        if prepend:

                                newkey = '%s_%s' % (prepend, newkey)

                        dct[newkey.upper()] = getattr(settings, key)

        return dct

def brand_message(msg, **extra_args):

        params = get_branding_dict()

        params.update(extra_args)

        return msg % params

def render_to_string(template_name, dictionary=None, context_instance=None):

        if not dictionary:

                dictionary = {}

        newdict = get_branding_dict("BRANDING")

        newdict.update(dictionary)

        return django_render_to_string(template_name, newdict, context_instance)