feat: added forms (that capture form submission time) to create new posts

widget_group_6/forum/forms.py

+from django.forms import ModelForm
+from .models import Post
+
+class PostForm(ModelForm):
+    class Meta:
+        model = Post
+        fields = ["post_title", "post_body", "author"]
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widget_group_6/forum/migrations/0004_alter_post_pub_date.py

+# Generated by Django 4.0.3 on 2022-05-26 19:49
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('forum', '0003_alter_reply_reply_post'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='post',
+            name='pub_date',
+            field=models.DateTimeField(null=True, verbose_name='date published'),
+        ),
+    ]

widget_group_6/forum/migrations/0005_alter_post_pub_date.py

+# Generated by Django 4.0.3 on 2022-05-26 20:38
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('forum', '0004_alter_post_pub_date'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='post',
+            name='pub_date',
+            field=models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True, verbose_name='date published'),
+        ),
+    ]

widget_group_6/forum/models.py

@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@ from homepage.models import WidgetUser
 class Post(models.Model):
     post_title = models.CharField(max_length=100)
     post_body = models.CharField(max_length=10000)
-    pub_date = models.DateTimeField('date published')
-    author = models.ForeignKey('homepage.WidgetUser', on_delete=models.CASCADE, default=None, null=True)
+    pub_date = models.DateTimeField('date published', auto_now=True)
+    author = models.ForeignKey('homepage.WidgetUser', 
+        on_delete=models.CASCADE, 
+        default=None, 
+        null=True)
     
     def __str__(self):
         return self.post_title
@@ -15,8 +18,15 @@ class Post(models.Model):
 class Reply(models.Model):
     reply_body = models.CharField(max_length=10000)
     pub_date = models.DateTimeField('date published')
-    reply_post = models.ForeignKey(Post, related_name="replies", on_delete=models.CASCADE, default=None, null=True)
-    author = models.ForeignKey('homepage.WidgetUser', on_delete=models.CASCADE, default=None, null=True)
+    reply_post = models.ForeignKey(Post, 
+        related_name="replies", 
+        on_delete=models.CASCADE, 
+        default=None, 
+        null=True)
+    author = models.ForeignKey('homepage.WidgetUser', 
+        on_delete=models.CASCADE, 
+        default=None, 
+        null=True)
 
     def __str__(self):
         return 'Reply to: {}' .format(self.reply_post)
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widget_group_6/forum/static/forum/style.css

@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ h1 {
 h2, li {
     font-family: Garamond, serif;
     color: #3E2723;
+
+}
+
+#createHeader {
+    padding-top: 45px;
 }
 
 h3 {

widget_group_6/forum/templates/forum/create.html

+{% extends "forum/base.html" %}
+
+{% block content %}
+    
+    
+    <h2 id="createHeader">New Forum Post</h2>
+
+
+    <form method="POST" action="">
+        {% csrf_token %}
+        {{ post_form.as_p }}
+        <br/>
+        <br/>
+        <br/>
+        <br/>
+        <br/>
+        <br/>
+
+        <button class="button" type="submit">Save New Post</button>
+    </form>
+
+
+{% endblock %}
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widget_group_6/forum/templates/forum/index.html

@@ -2,18 +2,33 @@
 
 {% block content %}
     
-    <h1>Welcome to Widget's Forum! :)</h1>
+    
+<h1>Welcome to Widget's Forum! :)</h1>
     <br/>
     <h2>Forum Posts:</h2>
 
+    
     {% if post_list %}
         <u1>
-        {% for post in post_list %}
+        {% for post in post_list reversed %}
             <ol><a href="/forum/{{ post.id }}/details/">{{ post.post_title }} by {{ post.author.first_name }} {{ post.author.last_name }} dated {{ post.pub_date }}</a></ol>
         {% endfor %}
         </u1>
     {% else %}
         <p>No posts are available.</p>
     {% endif %}
+    <br/>
+    <br/>
+    <br/>
+    <br/>
+    <br/>
+    <br/>
+    <br/>
+    
+    <!-- pls come back here to link it to posts/add/ -->
+    <a href="{% url 'forum:create' %}">
+        <button type="button">New Forum Post</button>
+    </a>
+
 
 {% endblock %}
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widget_group_6/forum/urls.py

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ from . import views
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path("", views.index, name="Forum"),
-    path("<int:post_id>/details/", views.details, name="details")
+    path("add/", views.create, name="create"),
+    path("<int:post_id>/details/", views.details, name="details"),
 ]
 
 app_name = "forum"
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widget_group_6/forum/views.py

 from django.http import Http404, HttpResponse
-from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
 from .models import Post
+from .forms import PostForm
 
 
 # Create your views here.
@@ -12,6 +13,19 @@ def index(request):
     }
     return render(request, "forum/index.html", context)
 
+
+def create(request):
+    if request.method == "POST":
+        post_form = PostForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
+        if post_form.is_valid():
+            post_form.save()
+            return redirect("forum:Forum")
+    else:
+        post_form = PostForm()
+    
+    return render(request, "forum/create.html", {"post_form": post_form})
+
+
 # posts/<post_id>/details
 def details(request, post_id):
     try: 

widget_group_6/widget_group_6/settings.py

@@ -135,7 +135,3 @@ DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
 
 MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
 MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')
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-
-STATICFILES_DIRS = (
-    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'),
-    )
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