Update: Ability to make announcements and a back button in said creation page

widget_django_unchained/announcements/forms.py

+from django.forms import ModelForm
+from .models import Announcement
+
+class AnnouncementForm(ModelForm):
+    class Meta: 
+        model = Announcement
+        fields = ["announcement_title", "announcement_body", "author", "pub_date"]
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widget_django_unchained/announcements/migrations/0018_alter_announcement_announce_image.py

+# Generated by Django 3.2.12 on 2022-05-26 11:44
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('announcements', '0017_announcement_announce_image'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='announcement',
+            name='announce_image',
+            field=models.ImageField(blank=True, default='faceless.png', null=True, upload_to=''),
+        ),
+    ]

widget_django_unchained/announcements/models.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class Announcement(models.Model):
     announcement_body = models.CharField(max_length=500)
     pub_date = models.DateTimeField("date published")
     reaction_list = models.ForeignKey('Reaction', on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name='+', default=1)
-    announce_image = models.ImageField(default="faceless_9ltCukV.png", null=True, blank=True)
+    announce_image = models.ImageField(default="faceless.png", null=True, blank=True)
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.announcement_title

widget_django_unchained/announcements/templates/announcement/announcement_page.html

@@ -11,4 +11,10 @@
     {% else %}
         <p> No announcements here! </p>
     {% endif %}
+
+    <form action="add"> 
+        <input type="Submit" value="Make an announcement!">
+    </form>    
+    
+
 {% endblock %}
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widget_django_unchained/announcements/templates/announcement/create_announcement.html

+{% extends "announcement/base.html" %}
+
+{% block content %}
+
+    <h1> NEW ANNOUNCEMENT </h1>
+
+    <form action="{% url 'add' %}" method="POST"> 
+        {% csrf_token %}
+        <h3> Title: </h3> <input type="text" name="Title">
+        <h3> Body: </h3> <textarea rows="5" cols="60" name="Body" placeholder="Type your announcement here..."> </textarea>
+        <br>
+        <br>
+        <select class="custom-select mb-4" name="Author"> 
+            <option selected> Choose an author </option>
+                {% for author in Author %}
+                    <option value="{{ author.pk }}">  {{ author.first_name }} {{ author.last_name }} </option>
+                {% endfor %}
+        </select>
+        <br>
+        <br>
+        <button class="button" type="submit"> Save Announcement </button>
+    </form>
+    <br>
+    <br>
+    <a href="{% url 'index' %}"> Go back </a>
+
+{% endblock %}
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widget_django_unchained/announcements/templates/announcement/newannounce.html

+{% extends "announcement/base.html" %}
+
+{% block content %}
+    <form method="POST" action = "{% url 'announcements:newannounce' %}">
+        {% csrf_token %}
+        {{ announce_form.as_p }}
+        
+        <button class="button" type="submit"> Save </button>
+
+    </form>
+
+{% endblock %}
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widget_django_unchained/announcements/urls.py

@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@ from . import views
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path('', views.index, name='index'),
-    path("<int:announcement_id>", views.detail, name="detail"),
+    path("<int:announcement_id>/", views.detail, name="detail"),
+    path("add/", views.add, name="add"),
+    #path("add/newAnnounce", views.newAnnounce, name="newAnnounce")
 ]
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widget_django_unchained/announcements/views.py

-from django.http import Http404
-from django.shortcuts import render
-from .models import Announcement, Reaction
 
+from django.http import Http404, HttpResponse
+from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
+from .models import Announcement, Reaction
+from homepage.models import WidgetUser
+import datetime
+from .forms import AnnouncementForm
 
 # Create your views here.
-#def show_announcements(request):
-    #announcement = Announcement.objects.all()
-    #return render(request, 'announcement/announcement_board.html', {'announcements': announcement})
-
 
 def index(request):
     announce_list = Announcement.objects.order_by("pub_date")
@@ -16,6 +15,22 @@ def index(request):
     }
     return render(request, "announcement/announcement_page.html", context)
 
+def add(request):
+    author = WidgetUser.objects.all()
+    context = {
+        "Author": author,
+    }
+    if request.method == "POST":
+        title = request.POST.get("Title")
+        body = request.POST.get("Body")
+        author = request.POST.get("Author")
+        pub_date = datetime.datetime.now()
+        announcement = Announcement.objects.create(author_id = author, announcement_title = title, announcement_body = body, pub_date = pub_date)
+        return redirect('add')
+
+    return render(request, "announcement/create_announcement.html", context)
+
+
 def detail(request, announcement_id):
     try:
         announce = Announcement.objects.get(pk=announcement_id)
@@ -23,4 +38,5 @@ def detail(request, announcement_id):
         raise Http404("Announcement does not exist!")
     
     reacts = Reaction.objects.filter(announcement_id=announce).order_by("reaction_name")
-    return render(request, "announcement/announcement_board.html", {"announce": announce, "reacts": reacts})
+    return render(request, "announcement/announcement_board.html", {"announce": announce, "reacts": reacts})
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+