Django Add Main Index Page
Main Index Page
Our project needs a main page.
The main page will be the landing page when someone visits the root folder of the project.
Now, you get an error when visiting the root folder of your project:
Start by creating a template called main.html:
Main
my_tennis_club/members/templates/main.html:
{% extends "master.html" %}
{% block title %}
My Tennis Club
{% endblock %}
{% block content %}
<h1>My Tennis Club</h1>
<h3>Members</h3>
<p>Check out all our <a href="members/">members</a></p>
{% endblock %}
Create new View
Then create a new view called main, that will deal with incoming requests to
root of the project:
my_tennis_club/members/views.py:
from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.template import loader
from .models import Member
def members(request):
mymembers = Member.objects.all().values()
template = loader.get_template('all_members.html')
context = {
'mymembers': mymembers,
}
return HttpResponse(template.render(context, request))
def details(request, id):
mymember = Member.objects.get(id=id)
template = loader.get_template('details.html')
context = {
'mymember': mymember,
}
return HttpResponse(template.render(context, request))
def main(request):
template = loader.get_template('main.html')
return HttpResponse(template.render())
The main view does the following:
- loads the
main.htmltemplate. - Outputs the HTML that is rendered by the template.
Add URL
Now we need to make sure that the root url points to the correct view.
Open the urls.py file and add the main view to the
urlpatterns list:
my_tennis_club/members/urls.py:
from django.urls import path
from . import views
urlpatterns = [
path('', views.main, name='main'),
path('members/', views.members, name='members'),
path('members/details/<int:id>', views.details, name='details'),
]
Add Link Back to Main
The members page is missing a link back to the main page,
so let us add that in the all_members.html template,
in the content block:
Example
my_tennis_club/members/templates/all_members.html:
{% extends "master.html" %}
{% block title %}
My Tennis Club - List of all members
{% endblock %}
{% block content %}
<p><a href="/">HOME</a></p>
<h1>Members</h1>
<ul>
{% for x in mymembers %}
<li><a href="details/{{ x.id }}">{{ x.firstname }} {{ x.lastname }}</a></li>
{% endfor %}
</ul>
{% endblock %}
If you have followed all the steps on your own computer, you can see the result in your own browser:
127.0.0.1:8000/.
If the server is down, you have to start it again with the
runserver command:
py manage.py runserver
