created the per post's details page

widget_group3/forum/migrations/0006_forumpost_replies.py

+# Generated by Django 4.1.7 on 2023-05-13 15:52
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('forum', '0005_alter_reply_author'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='forumpost',
+            name='replies',
+            field=models.ManyToManyField(blank=True, to='forum.forumpost'),
+        ),
+    ]

widget_group3/forum/models.py

 from django.db import models
+from django.urls import reverse
 
 # Create your models here.
 class ForumPost (models.Model):
@@ -6,6 +7,7 @@ class ForumPost (models.Model):
     body = models.TextField()
     author = models.ForeignKey('dashboard.WidgetUser', on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True)
     pub_datetime = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
+    replies = models.ManyToManyField('self', blank=True)
     
     def __str__(self):
         return self.title
@@ -13,20 +15,17 @@ class ForumPost (models.Model):
     def datetime_posted(self):
         return self.pub_datetime.strftime('%m/%d/%Y, %I:%M %p')
         
-    def get_name(self):
-        return self.title
-    
-    def get_author_first_name(self):
-        return self.author.first_name
+    def get_absolute_url(self):
+        return reverse('forum:PostDetailView', kwargs={'pk': self.pk})
         
-    def get_author_last_name(self):
-        return self.author.last_name
         
 class Reply (models.Model):
     body = models.TextField()
     author = models.ForeignKey('dashboard.WidgetUser', on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True)
     pub_datetime = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
-    forum_post = models.ForeignKey(ForumPost, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
+    forum_post = models.ForeignKey(ForumPost, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name = 'post_replies')
     
     def datetime_posted(self):
         return self.pub_datetime.strftime('%m/%d/%Y, %I:%M %p')
+        
+     
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widget_group3/forum/templates/forum/forum.html

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ Widget's Forum
 
 <div>
 {% for post in posts %}
-"{{post.get_name}}" by {{post.get_author_first_name}} {{post.get_author_last_name}}<br>
+<a href = "{{post.get_absolute_url}}">"{{post.title}}" by {{post.author.first_name}} {{post.author.last_name}}</a>
+<br>
 {% endfor %}
 <br><br><br>
 <a href = "{% url 'forum:addPost' %}"><button>New Post</button></a>

widget_group3/forum/templates/forum/forumpost-details.html

+{% extends 'base.html' %}
+{% load static %}
+
+{% block title %}
+{{object.title}}
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block styles %}
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+<p1>
+<h1>{{object.title}}</h1>
+by {{object.author.first_name}}, {{object.author.last_name}} 
+<br>
+{{object.datetime_posted}}
+<br>
+{{object.body}}
+</p1>
+<br><br>
+<p2>
+Post Replies: <br><br>
+{% for reply in object.post_replies.all %}
+by {{reply.author.first_name}} {{reply.author.last_name}} <br>
+{{reply.datetime_posted}} <br>
+{{reply.body}} <br>
+<br>
+{% endfor %}
+</p2>
+<br>
+<button>Edit Post</button>
+{% endblock %}
\ No newline at end of file

widget_group3/forum/urls.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from .views import *
 urlpatterns = [
     path('', index, name='index'),
     path('forumposts/add/', PostCreateView.as_view(), name='addPost'),
+    path('forumposts/<int:pk>/details', PostDetailView.as_view(), name='PostDetailView'),
 ]
 
 app_name="forum"
\ No newline at end of file

widget_group3/forum/views.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from .models import ForumPost, Reply
 from django.views.generic.edit import CreateView, UpdateView
+from django.views.generic.detail import DetailView
 
 # Create your views here.
 def index(request):
@@ -13,4 +14,8 @@ class PostCreateView(CreateView):
     fields = '__all__'
     template_name = 'forum/forumpost-add.html'
     
+class PostDetailView(DetailView):
+    model = ForumPost
+    template_name = 'forum/forumpost-details.html'
+