Django Starter 6 — Main Index

Creating the main index page of the site.

Other parts of this series: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

Create Main Template

• Create the main template (myproject\players\templates\main.html) as follows:

{% extends "master.html" %}

{% block title %}
  Chelsea Football Club
{% endblock %}


{% block content %}
  <h1>Chelsea Football Club</h1>

  <h3>Players</h3>
  
  <p>Check out all the <a href="players/">Players</a></p>
  
{% endblock %}

Create Main View

• Create the main view myproject\players\views.py in as follows:

from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.template import loader
from .models import Player

def players(request):
  allplayers = Player.objects.all().values()
  template = loader.get_template('all_players.html')
  context = {
    'allplayers': allplayers,
  }
  return HttpResponse(template.render(context, request))

def details(request, id):
  theplayer = Player.objects.get(id=id)
  template = loader.get_template('details.html')
  context = {
    'theplayer': theplayer,
  }
  return HttpResponse(template.render(context, request))

def main(request):
  template = loader.get_template('main.html')
  return HttpResponse(template.render())

Add URL

• Add URL by putting the entry path(‘’, views.main, name=’main’) in the urlpatterns in myproject\players\urls.py as follows:

from django.urls import path
from . import views

urlpatterns = [
    path('', views.main, name='main'),
    path('players/', views.players, name='players'),
    path('players/details/<int:id>', views.details, name='details'),

]

Add Link back to Main Index

• Add a link (<a href=”/”>HOME</a>) back to the main index page in the list of Players page (myproject\players\templates\all_players.html) as follows:

{% extends "master.html" %}

{% block title %}
  Chelsea Football Club - List of all Players
{% endblock %}


{% block content %}

  <p><a href="/">HOME</a></p>

  <h1>Players</h1>
  
  <ul>
    {% for x in allplayers %}
      <li><a href="details/{{ x.id }}">{{ x.firstname }} {{ x.lastname }}</a></li>
    {% endfor %}
  </ul>
{% endblock %}

• The list of players page now has a link back to the main index page of the site as follows:

Fig: List of Players with a link back to the main index page of the site.

The Index Page

• Finally the main index page of the site looks like as follows:

Fig: The main index page of the site.