I am trying to create a small web application with django and I am a novice in this I am trying to create a homepage and a about button on homepage that reloads the page to about page
This is my index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Simple App</title>
<h1> Testing the simple app</h1>
</head>
<body>
<a href="/about/">About </a>
</body>
</html>
This is my about.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Simple App</title>
<h1> Testing the simple app</h1>
</head>
<body>
This is the about page
</body>
</html>
This is my views.py
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from __future__ import unicode_literals
from django.shortcuts import render
from django.views.generic import TemplateView
# Create your views here.
class HomePageView(TemplateView):
def get(self, request, **kwargs):
return render(request, 'index.html', context=None)
# Add this view
class AboutPageView(TemplateView):
template_name = "about.html"
and urls.py
from django.conf.urls import url
from django.contrib import admin
from homepage import views
urlpatterns = [
url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
url(r'', views.HomePageView.as_view()),
url(r'^about/$',views.AboutPageView.as_view()),
]
However when i click on about button nothing happens
In urls.py you can directly tell the Generic template view the name of the layout to use like this:
from django.urls import include, path
from django.views.generic import TemplateView
urlpatterns = [
path("", TemplateView.as_view(template_name="homepage.html"), name="home"),
path("about/", TemplateView.as_view(template_name="about.html"), name="about" ]
Using named urls is better than directly coding the url, as they may change in the future.
Then in homepage.html refer to it as:
<a href="{% url 'about' %}">About</a>
If you can't use path and want to use url:
url(r'^$',TemplateView.as_view(template_name="homepage.html"), name="home"),
url(r'^about/$',TemplateView.as_view(template_name="about.html"), name="about"),