The news archives and searching news is now operational. Next up, flatpages.

apps/news/views.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ sidebar = """
    <p class='doNotDisplay doNotPrint'>This page&rsquo;s menu:</p>
    <ul id='side-bar'>
      <li><a href='/news/archive'>News Archive</a></li>
-     <li><a href='/tbi'>Search News</a></li>
+     <li><a href='/news/search'>Search News</a></li>
    </ul>
 """
 
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ def news_archive(request):
 
    pagevars = {
       "page_title": "News Archive",
+      "browse_url": "/news/archive",
       "sidebar": sidebar
    }
    
@@ -96,7 +97,8 @@ def search_results(request):
 
    pagevars = {
       "page_title": "Search Results",
-      "searchtext": "search_terms="+ cleaned_get['search_terms'],
+      "searchtext": cleaned_get['search_terms'],
+      "browse_url": "/news/search/results",
       "sidebar": sidebar
    }
    

webtemplates/prosimii/news/archive.html

@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block content %}
-<h1 id="alt-layout">News Archive</h1>
+<h1 id="alt-layout">{{page_title}}</h1>
 
-<strong>Navigation:</strong> <a href="/news/archive/?page=1">First</a> |
+<strong>Navigation:</strong> <a href="{{browse_url}}/?page=1&search_terms={{searchtext|urlencode}}">First</a> |
 {% if has_previous %}
-   <a href="/news/archive/?page={{previous}}">Prev</a>
+   <a href="{{browse_url}}/?page={{previous}}&search_terms={{searchtext|urlencode}}">Prev</a>
 {% else %}
    Prev
 {% endif %}
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 | <em>{{page}}</em> of <em>{{pages}}</em> pages | 
 
 {% if has_next %}
-   <a href="/news/archive/?page={{next}}">Next</a>
+   <a href="{{browse_url}}/?page={{next}}&search_terms={{searchtext|urlencode}}">Next</a>
 {% else %}
    Next
 {% endif %}
-| <a href="/news/archive/?page={{pages}}">Last</a>
+| <a href="{{browse_url}}/?page={{pages}}&search_terms={{searchtext|urlencode}}">Last</a>
 
 {% for entry in object_list %}
    <a href="/news/show/{{entry.id}}" class="newsHeading">{{entry.topic.name}}: {{entry.title}}</a>
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
    <p class="newsSummary">{{entry.body|truncatewords:80}}</p>
 {% endfor %}
 
-<strong>Navigation:</strong> <a href="/news/archive/?page=1">First</a> |
+<strong>Navigation:</strong> <a href="{{browse_url}}/?page=1&search_terms={{searchtext|urlencode}}">First</a> |
 {% if has_previous %}
-   <a href="/news/archive/?page={{previous}}">Prev</a>
+   <a href="{{browse_url}}/?page={{previous}}&search_terms={{searchtext|urlencode}}">Prev</a>
 {% else %}
    Prev
 {% endif %}
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@
 | <em>{{page}}</em> of <em>{{pages}}</em> pages | 
 
 {% if has_next %}
-   <a href="/news/archive/?page={{next}}">Next</a>
+   <a href="{{browse_url}}/?page={{next}}&search_terms={{searchtext|urlencode}}">Next</a>
 {% else %}
    Next
 {% endif %}
-| <a href="/news/archive/?page={{pages}}&{{searchtext|urlencode}}">Last</a>
+| <a href="{{browse_url}}/?page={{pages}}&search_terms={{searchtext|urlencode}}">Last</a>
 
 {% endblock %}

webtemplates/prosimii/news/search_form.html

@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 {% block content %}
 <h1 id="alt-layout">Search News</h1>
     <p>Enter a search term or phrase to search by. Matches will be made against
-    news titles and their contents.</p>
+    news titles and their contents. Searches must be at least three characters
+    long.</p>
     <form method="GET">
-    {{search_form.as_p}}
+    {{search_form.search_terms}}
     <button type="Submit">Submit</button>
     </form>
-    {{debug}}
 {% endblock %}