Allow static page routes to redirect to a specific url

pages/migrations/0008_auto_20210803_1845.py

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.2.12 on 2021-08-03 22:45
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('pages', '0007_auto_20210727_1912'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='staticpage',
+            name='redirects',
+            field=models.BooleanField(default=False),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='staticpage',
+            name='url',
+            field=models.URLField(default=''),
+        ),
+    ]

pages/models.py

@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ class StaticPage(models.Model):
     slug = models.SlugField(max_length=50)
     page_name = models.CharField(max_length=50, blank=False, null=False)
     content = RichTextField(default='')
+    redirects = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+    url = models.URLField(max_length=200, default='')
 
 
 class FrontPageSlide(models.Model):

pages/views.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
 
 from matches.models import Match
 from news.models import Post
@@ -55,4 +55,7 @@ def notfound(request, exception):
 
 def static_page(request, slug):
     page = get_object_or_404(StaticPage, slug=slug)
-    return render(request, 'pages/static.html', {'page': page})
+    if page.redirects:
+        return redirect(page.url)
+    else:
+        return render(request, 'pages/static.html', {'page': page})

project-templates/staff/pages/create_static_page.html

@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@
         {{ form.page_name }}
         <br />
 
+        <label>Redirect to external page?</label>
+        {{ form.redirects }}
+        <br />
+
+        <label>URL for redirect</label>
+        {{ form.url }}
+        <br />
+
         <label>Content</label>
         {{ form.content }}
        <br />