finish form processing, update form for hidden author field, provide notification in base.html

Author: cewing

resources/session08/mysite/myblog/forms.py

@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@ class PostForm(forms.ModelForm):
 
     class Meta:
         model = Post
-        fields = ('title', 'text', 'author')
+        fields = ('title', 'text', 'author')
+        widgets = {
+            'author': forms.HiddenInput(),
+        }

resources/session08/mysite/myblog/views.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from django.http import HttpResponse, Http404
+from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
@@ -42,9 +43,16 @@ def add_view(request):
         raise PermissionDenied
     if request.method == 'POST':
         form = PostForm(request.POST)
-        # handle form submission
+        if form.is_valid:
+            post = form.save()
+            msg = "post '%s' saved" % post
+            messages.add_message(request, messages.INFO, msg)
+            return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('blog_index'))
+        else:
+            messages.add_message("please fix the errors below")
     else:
-        form = PostForm()
+        initial = {'author': user}
+        form = PostForm(initial=initial)
 
     context = {'form': form}
     return render(request, 'add.html', context)

resources/session08/mysite/mysite/templates/base.html

@@ -9,14 +9,21 @@
       <ul id="control-bar">
       {% if user.is_authenticated %}
         <li><a href="{% url 'add_post' %}">new post</a></li>
-        {% if user.is_admin %}<li><a href="{% url 'admin:index' %}">admin</a></li>{% endif %}
+        {% if user.is_superuser %}<li><a href="{% url 'admin:index' %}">admin</a></li>{% endif %}
         <li><a href="{% url 'logout' %}">logout</a></li>
       {% else %}
         <li><a href="{% url 'login' %}">login</a></li>
       {% endif %}
       </ul>
     </div>
     <div id="container">
+      {% if messages %}
+      <div class="notification">
+       {% for message in messages %}
+       <p>{{ message }}</p>
+       {% endfor %}
+      </div>
+      {% endif %}
       <div id="content">
       {% block content %}
        [content will go here]