Added feature on forum app that allows a user to create a new post.

widget_tee_jays_angelos/forum/forms.py

+from django import forms
+from django.forms import ModelForm
+from .models import *
+
+class PostForm(ModelForm):
+    class Meta:
+        model = Post
+        fields ='__all__'

widget_tee_jays_angelos/forum/migrations/0008_post_post_img.py

+# Generated by Django 4.0.3 on 2022-05-24 10:28
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('forum', '0007_alter_post_pub_date_alter_reply_reply_pub_date'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='post',
+            name='post_img',
+            field=models.ImageField(blank=True, null=True, upload_to=''),
+        ),
+    ]

widget_tee_jays_angelos/forum/models.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ class Post(models.Model):
     post_body = models.CharField(max_length=500)
     pub_date = models.DateField("date published", auto_now_add=True)
     post_author = models.ForeignKey(WidgetUser, on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True, related_name='post_author')
+    post_img = models.ImageField(upload_to="forumimg/", height_field=None, width_field=None, max_length=100,null=True, blank=True)
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.post_title

widget_tee_jays_angelos/forum/templates/forum/add.html

+{% extends "forum/base.html" %}
+{% block content %}
+  <div class="RectangularShadow"></div>
+  <h1 style="text-align: center"> New Post </h1>
+  <form action="{% url 'forum:add' %}" method ="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
+    {% csrf_token %}
+    {{post_form.as_p}}
+    <button class="button" type="submit">Save Post</button>
+  </form>
+  <a href="/forum/"> <button>Back to Forums</button> </a>
+{% endblock %}

widget_tee_jays_angelos/forum/templates/forum/details.html

 {% extends "forum/base.html" %}
 {% block content %}
   {% if Post %}
-      <img src="/static/forum/{{Post.post_title}}.jpg" class="detailsRelatedPicture">
-      <img src="/static/forum/{{Post.post_author.last_name}}.jpg" class="detailsProfilePicture">
+      <img src="{{ Post.post_img.url }}" class="detailsRelatedPicture">
+      <img src="{{ Post.post_author.picture.url }}" class="detailsProfilePicture">
       <div class="RectangularShadow"></div>
       <h1 style="text-align: center">{{Post.post_title}}</h1>
       <h2>by {{Post.post_author.first_name}} {{Post.post_author.last_name}}, {{Post.pub_date}}</h2>

widget_tee_jays_angelos/forum/templates/forum/index.html

@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@
   {% else %}
       <p>No Posts are available</p>
   {% endif %}
+  <a href="posts/add"> <button>Create a Post</button> </a>
 {% endblock %}

widget_tee_jays_angelos/forum/urls.py

@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ from django.urls import path
 
 from . import views
 
+app_name="forum"
 urlpatterns = [
     path('', views.index, name="forum"),
+    path('posts/add/', views.add, name="add"),
     path('posts/<int:post_id>/details/', views.details, name="details"),
 ]

widget_tee_jays_angelos/forum/views.py

 from array import array
 from django.http import HttpResponse, Http404
 from forum.models import Post, Reply, WidgetUser
-from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
 from django.template import loader
+from .forms import PostForm
 
 # Create your views here.
 def index(request):
@@ -12,45 +13,12 @@ def index(request):
         }
     return render(request, "forum/index.html", context)
 
-    #entries = Post.objects.all().count()
-    #n = 1
-    #forum = "FORUM POSTS:<br/>"
-    #while(n<=entries):
-    #    forum += getPost(n)
-    #    forum += getReply(n)
-    #    n += 1
-    #return HttpResponse(forum)
-
-#def getPost(pk):
-#    postFirstLine = ""
-#    postSecondLine = ""
-#    post = ""
-
-#    postTitle = Post.objects.get(pk=pk).post_title
-#    authorFirstName = Post.objects.get(pk=pk).post_author.first_name
-#    authorLastName = Post.objects.get(pk=pk).post_author.last_name
-#    publicationDate = Post.objects.get(pk=pk).pub_date
-#    postBody = Post.objects.get(pk=pk).post_body
-#    postFirstLine = "{} by {} {} dated {}:<br/>" .format(postTitle, authorFirstName, authorLastName, publicationDate)
-#    postSecondLine = "{}<br/>" .format(postBody)
-#    post += postFirstLine + postSecondLine
-
-#    return post
-
 def getReply(pk):
     postReply = []
     for reply in Post.objects.get(pk=pk).posts.all():
         postReply.append(reply)
     return postReply
 
-
-    #replies = ""
-    #for reply in Post.objects.get(pk=pk).posts.all():
-    #    replies += "Reply by {} {} {}:<br/>{}" .format(reply.reply_author.first_name, reply.reply_author.last_name, reply.reply_pub_date, reply.reply_body)
-    #    replies += "<br/>"
-    #replies += "<br/>"
-    #return replies
-
 def details(request, post_id):
 	try:
 		post = Post.objects.get(pk=post_id)
@@ -65,3 +33,13 @@ def details(request, post_id):
 		"reply": reply
 		}
 	return render(request, "forum/details.html", context)
+
+def add(request):
+    if request.method == "POST":
+        post_form = PostForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
+        if post_form.is_valid():
+            post_form.save()
+            return redirect("forum:add")
+    else:
+        post_form = PostForm()
+    return render(request, "forum/add.html", {"post_form": post_form})