firstdjango/django_site/pages/views.py

# from django.shortcuts import render
from django.shortcuts import render, get_object_or_404
# from django.http import HttpResponse
# for the form:
from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
from django.core.mail import send_mail, get_connection
from .forms import ContactForm

from . models import Page

# Create your views here.

def index(request, pagename):
    # return HttpResponse("<h1>The Homepage</h1>")
    # return render(request, 'pages/page.html') # "base.html" )
    pagename = '/' + pagename
    # pg = Page.objects.get(permalink=pagename)
    pg = get_object_or_404(Page, permalink=pagename)
    context = {
        'title': pg.title,
        'content': pg.bodytext,
        'last_updated': pg.update_date,
        'page_list': Page.objects.all(),
        }
    # assert False   # django debug page is cool!
    return render(request, 'pages/page.html', context)


def contact(request):
    submitted = False
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = ContactForm(request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            cd = form.cleaned_data
            con = get_connection('django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend')
            send_mail(
                cd['subject'],
                cd['message'],
                cd.get('email', '[email protected]'),
                ['[email protected]'],
                connection=con
                )
            return HttpResponseRedirect('/contact?submitted=True')
    else:
        form = ContactForm()
        if 'submitted' in request.GET:
            submitted = True
    return render(request, 'pages/contact.html', {'form': form, 'page_list': Page.objects.all(), 'submitted': submitted})