Created working views and templates for home, author-list, and book-list.

almiraredoble_reading/almiraredoble_reading/settings.py

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ ROOT_URLCONF = 'almiraredoble_reading.urls'
 TEMPLATES = [
     {
         'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
-        'DIRS': [],
+        'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')],
         'APP_DIRS': True,
         'OPTIONS': {
             'context_processors': [
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ USE_TZ = True
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/howto/static-files/
 
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
+STATICFILES_DIRS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')]
 
 # Default primary key field type
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/settings/#default-auto-field

almiraredoble_reading/almiraredoble_reading/urls.py

@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ from django.urls import include, path
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
-    path('bookshelf/', include('bookshelf.urls', namespace="bookshelf")),
+    path('', include('bookshelf.urls', namespace="bookshelf")),
 ]

almiraredoble_reading/bookshelf/templates/bookshelf/authors.html

+{% extends 'base.html' %}
+{% load static %}
+
+{% block header %}
+<title>My Favorite Authors</title>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block heading %}
+Almira's Favorite Authors:
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+<ul>
+    {% for object in object_list %}
+    <li>
+        <a href="{{ object.get_absolute_url }}">{{ object }}</a>
+    </li>
+    {% endfor %}
+</ul>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block footer %}
+<a href="{% url 'bookshelf:home' %}">Home</a>
+<a href="{% url 'bookshelf:books' %}">Books</a>
+{% endblock %}
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almiraredoble_reading/bookshelf/templates/bookshelf/books.html

+{% extends 'base.html' %}
+{% load static %}
+
+{% block header %}
+<title>My Favorite Books</title>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block heading %}
+Almira's Favorite Books:
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+<ul>
+    {% for object in object_list %}
+    <li>
+        <a href="{{ object.get_absolute_url }}">{{ object.title }}</a>
+    </li>
+    {% endfor %}
+</ul>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block footer %}
+<a href="{% url 'bookshelf:home' %}">Home</a>
+<a href="{% url 'bookshelf:authors' %}">Authors</a>
+{% endblock %}
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almiraredoble_reading/bookshelf/templates/bookshelf/home.html

+{% extends 'base.html' %}
+{% load static %}
+
+{% block header %}
+<title>{{ header }}</title>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block heading %}
+{{ heading }}
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+{{ content }}
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block footer %}
+<a href="{% url 'bookshelf:books' %}">Books</a>
+<a href="{% url 'bookshelf:authors' %}">Authors</a>
+{% endblock %}
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almiraredoble_reading/bookshelf/urls.py

 from django.urls import path
-from .views import index
+from .views import (
+    HomePageView, BookListView, BookDetailView,
+    AuthorListView, AuthorDetailView
+    )
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    path('', index, name='index'),
+    path('home/', HomePageView, name='home'),
+    path('books/', BookListView.as_view(), name='books'),
+    path('authors/', AuthorListView.as_view(), name='authors'),
+
 ]
 
 app_name = "bookshelf"
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almiraredoble_reading/bookshelf/views.py

 from django.shortcuts import render
-from django.http import HttpResponse
+from django.views import View
+from django.views.generic.detail import DetailView
+from django.views.generic.list import ListView
 
-def index(request):
-    return HttpResponse('test')
-# Create your views here.
+from .models import Books, Author
+
+def HomePageView(request):
+    title = "My Favorite Books & Authors"
+    heading = "Welcome to Almira's Database of Favorite Books and Authors!"
+    content = "I judge books by their covers, so anything that gives my "\
+        "eyes a spark of joy is something I would read. The most recent " \
+        "books I've read are classics, born out of a need to know what most " \
+        "people already know. "
+    return render(request, 'bookshelf/home.html', {
+        'header': title, 
+        'heading': heading, 
+        'content': content, 
+        })
+
+class BookListView(ListView):
+    model = Books
+    template_name = 'bookshelf/books.html'
+
+class BookDetailView(DetailView):
+    model = Books
+
+class AuthorListView(ListView):
+    model = Author
+    template_name = 'bookshelf/authors.html'
+
+class AuthorDetailView(DetailView):
+    model = Author

almiraredoble_reading/templates/base.html

+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
+    <div id="header">
+        {% block header %}{% endblock %}
+    </div>
+</head>
+<body>
+    <div id="heading">
+        {% block heading %}{% endblock %}
+    </div>
+    
+    <div id="content">
+        {% block content %}{% endblock %}
+    </div>
+
+    <div id="footer">
+        {% block footer %}{% endblock %}
+    </div>
+</body>
+</html>
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