Beginnings of the integrated front-end website.

apps/website/views.py

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+from django.shortcuts import render_to_response, get_object_or_404
+from django.db import connection
+from django.template import RequestContext
+from django import newforms as forms
+from django.newforms.util import ValidationError
+import django.views.generic.list_detail as list_detail
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.utils import simplejson
+
+from apps.news.models import NewsEntry
+
+"""
+This file contains the generic, assorted views that don't fall under one of
+the other applications.
+"""
+
+def page_index(request):
+   """
+   Main root page.
+   """
+   news_entries = NewsEntry.objects.all().order_by('-date_posted')[:2]
+
+   pagevars = {
+      "page_title": "Front Page",
+      "news_entries": news_entries,
+   }
+
+   context_instance = RequestContext(request)
+   return render_to_response('index.html', pagevars, context_instance)