Installing django-simple-menu ============================= #. Install ``django-simple-menu`` using pip:: pip install django-simple-menu #. Add ``simple_menu`` to your ``INSTALLED_APPS`` list in your settings #. ``django-simple-menu`` requires that the ``request`` object be available in the context when you call the ``{% generate_menu %}`` template tag. This means that you need to ensure that your ``TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS`` setting includes ``django.core.context_processors.request``, which it doesn't by default.