Use a custom error handler so we have access to the request context p…

…rocessors and render the 500 page nicely.

django_website/urls/www.py

@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
     'flatpages': FlatPageSitemap,
 }
 
+handler500 = 'django_website.views.server_error'
+
+
 urlpatterns = patterns('',
     url(r'^$', 'django.views.generic.simple.direct_to_template', {'template': 'homepage.html'}, name="homepage"),
     url(r'^accounts/', include('django_website.accounts.urls')),

django_website/views.py

@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@
 
 from django.contrib.comments.models import Comment
 from django.contrib.sitemaps import views as sitemap_views
+from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.views.decorators.cache import cache_page
-from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
+from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt, requires_csrf_token
 from django.views.generic import list_detail
 from django.views.generic.simple import direct_to_template
+
 from .sitemaps import FlatPageSitemap, WeblogSitemap
 
 def homepage(request):
@@ -30,4 +32,12 @@ def comments(request):
 
 @csrf_exempt
 def donate_thanks(request):
-    return direct_to_template(request, 'donate_thanks.html')
+    return direct_to_template(request, 'donate_thanks.html')
+
+
+@requires_csrf_token
+def server_error(request, template_name='500.html'):
+    """
+    Custom 500 error handler for static stuff.
+    """
+    return render(request, template_name)