Created Post + Reply Models; created view for displaying them

db.json

+[
+]

forum/admin.py

 from django.contrib import admin
 
 # Register your models here.
-from .models import Post, Reply, WidgetUser
+from .models import Post, Reply
 
 class PostAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     model = Post

forum/migrations/0006_alter_post_author_alter_reply_author.py

+# Generated by Django 4.0.3 on 2022-04-04 17:31
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('homepage', '0003_widgetuser_department'),
+        ('forum', '0005_alter_post_author_alter_reply_author'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='post',
+            name='author',
+            field=models.ForeignKey(default=1, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, to='homepage.widgetuser'),
+            preserve_default=False,
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='reply',
+            name='author',
+            field=models.ForeignKey(default=1, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, to='homepage.widgetuser'),
+            preserve_default=False,
+        ),
+    ]

forum/migrations/0007_alter_post_pub_date_alter_reply_pub_date.py

+# Generated by Django 4.0.3 on 2022-04-05 04:49
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('forum', '0006_alter_post_author_alter_reply_author'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='post',
+            name='pub_date',
+            field=models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='reply',
+            name='pub_date',
+            field=models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True),
+        ),
+    ]

forum/migrations/0008_reply_post_alter_post_pub_date_alter_reply_pub_date.py

+# Generated by Django 4.0.3 on 2022-04-05 05:44
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('forum', '0007_alter_post_pub_date_alter_reply_pub_date'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='reply',
+            name='post',
+            field=models.ForeignKey(default=1, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, related_name='comments', to='forum.post'),
+            preserve_default=False,
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='post',
+            name='pub_date',
+            field=models.DateField(auto_now=True),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='reply',
+            name='pub_date',
+            field=models.DateField(auto_now=True),
+        ),
+    ]

forum/migrations/0009_alter_post_pub_date_alter_reply_pub_date.py

+# Generated by Django 4.0.3 on 2022-04-05 05:47
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('forum', '0008_reply_post_alter_post_pub_date_alter_reply_pub_date'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='post',
+            name='pub_date',
+            field=models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='reply',
+            name='pub_date',
+            field=models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True),
+        ),
+    ]

forum/migrations/0010_alter_post_pub_date_alter_reply_pub_date.py

+# Generated by Django 4.0.3 on 2022-04-05 05:49
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('forum', '0009_alter_post_pub_date_alter_reply_pub_date'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='post',
+            name='pub_date',
+            field=models.DateField(auto_now=True),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='reply',
+            name='pub_date',
+            field=models.DateField(auto_now=True),
+        ),
+    ]

forum/models.py

-from tkinter import Widget
 from django.db import models
 from django.urls import reverse
 
@@ -9,11 +8,10 @@ from homepage.models import WidgetUser
 class Post(models.Model):
     post_title = models.CharField(max_length=50)
     post_body = models.CharField(max_length=500)
-    pub_date = models.DateTimeField("Date Published", auto_now=True)
+    pub_date = models.DateField(auto_now=True)
     author = models.ForeignKey(
-        WidgetUser,
-        on_delete=models.CASCADE,
-        null=True,
+        'homepage.WidgetUser',
+        on_delete=models.CASCADE
     )
 
     def __str__(self):
@@ -21,22 +19,23 @@ class Post(models.Model):
 
     @property
     def post_detail(self):
-        post = '{} by {} {} dated {}:'.format(self.post_title, self.author.first_name, self.author.last_name, self.pub_date)
+        post = '<br>{} by {} dated {}:'.format(self.post_title, self.author.forum_name, self.pub_date)
         post += '<br>{}'.format(self.post_body)
 
         return post
        
 
-    def get_absolute_url(self):
-        return reverse('post_detail', args=[str(self.pub_date)])
-
 class Reply(models.Model):
     reply_body = models.CharField(max_length=500)
-    pub_date = models.DateTimeField("Date Published", auto_now=True)
+    pub_date = models.DateField(auto_now=True)
     author = models.ForeignKey(
-        WidgetUser,
+        'homepage.WidgetUser',
+        on_delete=models.CASCADE
+    )
+    post = models.ForeignKey(
+        Post,
         on_delete=models.CASCADE,
-        null=True,
+        related_name="comments"
     )
 
     def __str__(self):
@@ -44,11 +43,12 @@ class Reply(models.Model):
 
     @property
     def reply_detail(self):
-        reply = 'Reply by {} {} dated {}:'.format(self.author.first_name, self.author.last_name, self.pub_date)
+        reply = '<br>Reply by {} {} dated {}:'.format(self.author.first_name, self.author.last_name, self.pub_date)
         reply += '<br>{}'.format(self.reply_body)
 
         return reply
 
-    def get_absolute_url(self):
-        return reverse('reply_detail', args=[str(self.pub_date)])
+    @property
+    def associated_post(self):
+        return '{}'.format(self.post.__str__)
 

forum/views.py

+from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.http import HttpResponse
-from .models import Post
+from .models import Post, Reply
 
 # Create your views here.
 def index(request):
@@ -7,6 +8,9 @@ def index(request):
         final_list = ''
         for p in range(len(Post.objects.all())):
             final_list += '{}'.format(Post.objects.get(pk=p+1).post_detail)
+            reply_list = Post.objects.get(pk=p+1).comments.all()
+            for r in range(len(reply_list)):
+                final_list += '{}'.format(Reply.objects.get(post__exact=Post.objects.get(pk=p+1)).reply_detail)
 
         return final_list
 
@@ -14,7 +18,9 @@ def index(request):
     <html>
         <body>
             <h1>FORUM POSTS:</h1>
-            <p>{post_list()}</p>
+            <main>
+                <p>{post_list()}</p>
+            </main>
         </body>
     </html>
     '''

homepage/models.py

@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ class WidgetUser(models.Model):
     def full_name(self):
         return '{}, {} {}'.format(self.last_name, self.first_name, self.middle_name)
 
+    @property
+    def forum_name(self):
+        return '{} {}'.format(self.first_name, self.last_name)
+
+
     @property
     def user_info(self):
         return '<br>{}: {}, {}, {}'.format(self.full_name, self.id_num, self.email, self.department.dept_info)
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