views.py

# Create your views here.
from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
from django.core.paginator import Paginator, EmptyPage
from django.template import RequestContext
from blogengine.models import Post, Category
from django.contrib.syndication.views import Feed
from django.contrib.flatpages.models import FlatPage

def getPosts(request, selected_page=1):
    # Get all blog posts
    posts = Post.objects.all().order_by('-pub_date')

    # Add pagination
    pages = Paginator(posts, 5)

    # Get the specified page
    try:
        returned_page = pages.page(selected_page)
    except EmptyPage:
        returned_page = pages.page(pages.num_pages)

    # Display all the posts
    return render_to_response('posts.html', { 'posts':returned_page.object_list, 'page':returned_page})

def getPost(request, postSlug):
    # Get specified post
    post = Post.objects.filter(slug=postSlug)

    # Display specified post
    return render_to_response('single.html', { 'posts':post}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))

def getCategory(request, categorySlug, selected_page=1):
    # Get specified category
    posts = Post.objects.all().order_by('-pub_date')
    category_posts = []
    for post in posts:
        if post.categories.filter(slug=categorySlug):
            category_posts.append(post)

    # Add pagination
    pages = Paginator(category_posts, 5)

    # Get the category
    category = Category.objects.filter(slug=categorySlug)[0]

    # Get the specified page
    try:
        returned_page = pages.page(selected_page)
    except EmptyPage:
        returned_page = pages.page(pages.num_pages)

    # Display all the posts
    return render_to_response('category.html', { 'posts': returned_page.object_list, 'page': returned_page, 'category': category})

class PostsFeed(Feed):
    title = "My Django Blog posts"
    link = "feeds/posts/"
    description = "Posts from My Django Blog"

    def items(self):
        return Post.objects.order_by('-pub_date')[:5]

    def item_title(self, item):
        return item.title

    def item_description(self, item):
        return item.text