Created Add New Forum Post Page for the Forum application.

widget_gitgud/Forum/migrations/0005_alter_forumpost_pub_datetime_alter_reply_author.py

+# Generated by Django 4.1.7 on 2023-05-12 17:16
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('Dashboard', '0002_alter_widgetuser_department'),
+        ('Forum', '0004_forumpost_replies'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='forumpost',
+            name='pub_datetime',
+            field=models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, null=True),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='reply',
+            name='author',
+            field=models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.PROTECT, related_name='replies', to='Dashboard.widgetuser'),
+        ),
+    ]

widget_gitgud/Forum/models.py

@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@ class ForumPost(models.Model):
     title = models.CharField(max_length = 100)
     body = models.TextField()
     author = models.ForeignKey(WidgetUser, on_delete=models.PROTECT)
-    pub_datetime = models.DateTimeField()
+    pub_datetime = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, null=True)
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.title
     
+    def get_absolute_url(self):
+        return reverse('Forum:forumpost-details', kwargs={'pk':self.pk})
+    
     replies = models.ManyToManyField('self', blank=True)
 
 class Reply(models.Model):

widget_gitgud/Forum/templates/forumpost-add.html

+<title>{% block title %} Add Post {% endblock %}</title>
+
+{% block styles %}
+  <style>
+    body {
+        background-color: #FEA8A5;
+      font-family: Georgia, serif;
+      font-size: 16px;
+      font-weight: bold;
+      color:#c35c5a;
+    }
+  </style>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+<div style="text-align: left;">
+  <h1>Add a new post:</h1>
+</div>
+
+  <form method="post">
+    {% csrf_token %}
+    {{ form.as_p }}
+    <button type="submit">Save New Post</button>
+  </form>
+
+{% endblock %}
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widget_gitgud/Forum/urls.py

 from django.urls import path
 from .views import (
-    index, forum, ForumDetailView)
+    index, forum, ForumDetailView, AddForumPostView)
 from . import views
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path("", views.index, name="index"),
     path('forum/', forum, name='forum'),
     path('forum/forumposts/<int:pk>/details/', ForumDetailView.as_view(), name='forumpost-details'),
+    path('forum/forumposts/add/', AddForumPostView.as_view(), name='forumpost-add'),
+
 ]
 
 app_name = "Forum"
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widget_gitgud/Forum/views.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ 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.edit import CreateView
 
 from .models import ForumPost, Reply 
 
@@ -30,3 +31,14 @@ class ForumDetailView(DetailView):
         context = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
         context['replies'] = self.object.replies.all()
         return context
+
+class AddForumPostView(CreateView):
+    model = ForumPost
+    fields = ['title', 'body', 'author']
+    template_name = 'forumpost-add.html'
+
+class AddForumPostView(CreateView):
+    model = ForumPost
+    fields = ['title', 'body', 'author']
+    template_name = 'forumpost-add.html'
+