Added routing and created a couple pages

http://p2pu.org/en/groups/introduction-to-django/content/url-routing-and-creating-our-first-view/
jledbetter · Aug 14, 2011 · 31ee8dc · 31ee8dc
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diff --git a/recipes/views.py b/recipes/views.py
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
-# Create your views here.
+from django.views.generic.simple import direct_to_template
+
+def homepage(request):
+    # Return an http response that serves the index.html template
+    return direct_to_template(request, 'homepage/index.html')
diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
@@ -74,9 +74,7 @@
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'cookbook.urls'
 
 TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
-    # Put strings here, like "/home/html/django_templates" or "C:/www/django/templates".
-    # Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
-    # Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
+    'templates/'
 )
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = (

diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<!--[if lt IE 7]> <html lang="en-us" class="no-js ie6"> <![endif]-->
+<!--[if IE 7]>    <html lang="en-us" class="no-js ie7"> <![endif]-->
+<!--[if IE 8]>    <html lang="en-us" class="no-js ie8"> <![endif]-->
+<!--[if gt IE 8]><!--> <html lang="en-us" class="no-js"> <!--<![endif]-->
+<head>
+  <meta charset="utf-8">
+  <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge;chrome=1" >
+  <title>{% block title %}{% endblock %} | Cookbook</title>
+</head>
+
+<body>
+    {% block body %}{% endblock %}
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/templates/homepage/about-us.html b/templates/homepage/about-us.html
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+
+{% block title %}{{ _('About Us') }}{% endblock %}
+
+{% block body %}
+
+<h1>About Us</h1>
+
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/templates/homepage/index.html b/templates/homepage/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+
+{% block title %}{{ _('Home') }}{% endblock %}
+
+{% block body %}
+    Hello World
+
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/urls.py b/urls.py
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
 admin.autodiscover()
 
 urlpatterns = patterns('',
-
-    # Uncomment the admin/doc line below to enable admin documentation:
+    url(r'^$', 'recipes.views.homepage', name='homepage'),
     (r'^admin/doc/', include('django.contrib.admindocs.urls')),
-
-    # Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
     (r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
 )
+
+urlpatterns += patterns('django.views.generic.simple',
+    url(r'^about-us/$', 'direct_to_template', {
+         'template': 'homepage/about-us.html',
+    }, name='about_us'),
+)