def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):

        context = super(BlogListView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)

        # context['key'] = 'value'

        context.update(self.extra_context)

        return context

def custom_index(request, queryset, *args, **kwargs):

    """Blog list view that allows scrolling and also shows an index by

    year.

    """

    kwargs = kwargs.copy()

    kwargs['extra_context'] = kwargs.get('extra_context', {}).copy()

    extra_context = kwargs['extra_context']

    date_field = kwargs['date_field']

    del kwargs['date_field']

    if not kwargs.get('allow_future', False):

        queryset = queryset.filter(**{'%s__lte' % date_field: datetime.now()})

    authors = []

    if 'author' in request.GET:

        authors = [get_object_or_404(Person, username=author)

                   for author in request.GET.getlist('author')]

        extra_context['authors'] = authors

        queryset = queryset.filter(OR_filter('author', authors))

    tags = []

    if 'tag' in request.GET:

        tags = [get_object_or_404(EntryTag, slug=tag)

                for tag in request.GET.getlist('tag')]

        extra_context['tags'] = tags

        queryset = queryset.filter(OR_filter('tags', tags))

    if authors or tags:

        query_string = '&'.join(['author=%s' % a.username for a in authors]

                                + ['tag=%s' % t.slug for t in tags])

        extra_context['query_string'] = query_string

    else:

        date_list = queryset.dates(date_field, 'year')

        extra_context['date_list'] = date_list

    # return object_list(request, queryset, *args, **kwargs)

    kwargs['queryset'] = queryset

    kwargs['extra_context'] = extra_context

    paginator = Paginator(queryset, paginate_by)

    page = request.GET.get('page')

    try:

        blog_entries = paginator.page(page)

    except PageNotAnInteger:

        # If page is not an integer, deliver first page.

        blog_entries = paginator.page(1)

    except EmptyPage:

        # If page is out of range (e.g. 9999), deliver last page of results.

        blog_entires = paginator.page(paginator.num_pages)

    return render_to_response('blog/entry_list.html',

                              {"blog_entries": blog_entries, "date_list" : date_list,

                               "authors" : authors, "tags" : tags })

    callable = BlogListView.as_view(**kwargs)

    return callable(request)

def techblog_redirect(request):

    """Redirect from the old 'techblog' to the new blog

    """

    path = request.path[len('/technology'):]

    if path == '/blog/':

        path += "?author=bkuhn"

    return relative_redirect(request, path)

def query(request):

    """Page to query the blog based on authors and tags

    """

    if request.GET:

        d = request.GET.copy()

        if 'authors' in d.getlist('all'):

            d.setlist('author', []) # remove author queries

        if 'tags' in d.getlist('all'):

            d.setlist('tag', []) # remove tag queries

        d.setlist('all', []) # remove "all" from the query string

        base_url = '/blog/'

        if 'rss' in d:

            base_url = '/feeds/blog/'

            d.setlist('rss', []) # remove it

        query_string = d.urlencode()