Branched Forum v2, Built Forum.html view

widget_casanatics/forum/templates/forum/forum.html

+{% extends 'base.html' %}
+{% load static %}
+
+{% block title %} Widget's Forum {% endblock %}
+{% block content %}
+    <h1>Welcome to Widget's Forum!</h1>
+    <h2>Forumposts</h2>
+    <ul>
+        {% for post in forumpost %}
+            <li><a href="{{ post.get_absolute_url }}">{{ post.title }} by {{ post.author.first_name }} {{ post.author.last_name }}</a></li>
+        {% endfor %}
+    </ul>
+
+    <form action="./add">
+        <button type="Submit">New Post</button>
+    </form>
+
+    <a href="../dashboard/">Dashboard</a> <br>
+    <a href="../announcements/">Announcements</a> <br>
+    <a href="../assignments/">Assignments</a> <br>
+    <a href="../calendar/">Calendar</a> <br>
+
+{% endblock %}

widget_casanatics/forum/views.py

 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from .models import ForumPost
 from django.utils import timezone
+from django.views.generic.detail import DetailView
+from django.views.generic.edit import CreateView, UpdateView
+from django.shortcuts import render
 
 
-def forum(request):
-
-    # fetch forum posts and replies
-    forum = ForumPost.objects.all()
 
-    forum_view = "Widget's Forum <br> <br> Forum Posts:<br>"
-    for post in forum:
-        post_replies = post.reply_set.all()
-        localdatetime = timezone.localtime(post.pub_datetime)
-        forum_view += """
-            {} by {} posted {}: <br>
-            {} <br>
-            """.format(
-            post.title,
-            post.author,
-            localdatetime.strftime("%m/%d/%Y, %I:%M %p"),
-            post.body,
-        )
-
-        for reply in post_replies:
-            localdatetime = timezone.localtime(reply.pub_datetime)
-            if reply.forum_post == post:
-                forum_view += """
-                    Reply by {} posted {}: <br>
-                    {} <br>
-                """.format(
-                    reply.author,
-                    localdatetime.strftime("%m/%d/%Y, %I:%M %p"),
-                    reply.body,
-                )
-        forum_view += "<br>"
-    return HttpResponse(forum_view)
+def forum(request):
+    context = {
+        "forumpost" : ForumPost.objects.all(), #.order_by('pub_datetime')
+    }
+    return render(request, 'forum/forum.html', context)