Thanks. I put back the {% block title %}, {% block head %}, and {%
block content %} directives, corrected the error in forms.py, but the
field still won't display. Any other ideas to try?
On Nov 4, 6:44 pm, Daniel Roseman <dan...@roseman.org.uk> wrote:
> On Nov 4, 10:32 pm, octopusgrabbus <old_road_f...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I have a forms class in forms.py
>
> > from django import forms
>
> > class ReadSnapForm(forms.Form):
> > cycle = forms.CharField(max_length=1)
> > message = forms.CharField(widget-forms.Textarea,required=False)
>
> > Here is the form that uses the class
> > {% extends "base.html" %}
>
> > <html>
> > <head>
> > <h1>Enter Billing Cycle</h1>
> > </head>
> > <body>
> > <h1>Enter Billing Cycle</h1>
> > {% if form.errors %}
> > <p style="color: red;">
> > Please correct the error{{ form.errors|pluralize }} below.
> > </p>
> > {% endif %}
>
> > <form action="" method="post"> {% csrf_token %}
> > <table>
> > {{ form.as_table }}
> > </table>
> > <input type="submit" value="Snap Read">
> > </form>
> > </body>
> > </html>
>
> > Here's the code in views.py
>
> > from forms import ReadSnapForm
>
> > def read_snap(request):
> > if request.method == 'POST':
> > form = ReadSnapForm(request.POST)
> > if form.is_valid():
> > cleaned_data = form.cleaned_data
> > return HttpResponseRedirect('/read_snap/
> > after_read_snap.html')
> > else:
> > form = ReadSnapForm()
>
> > return render_to_response('/read_snap/read_snap.html', {'form':
> > form})
>
> > I can get to the form through an href on a main page, but nothing
> > displays on the form.
>
> > What am I doing wrong?
>
> There's a typo in the message field declaration, but presumably that's
> not actually in your code, as it wouldn't even compile, so I'm
> assuming it's just a copy/paste issue.
>
> The actual issue is nothing to do with forms - it's in your template.
> You're extending base.html, but not providing any {% block %} elements
> to actually insert into that parent template. As a result, the parent
> is just displayed, without any of the child data.
>
> Either remove the {% extends %} tag, or provide the proper {% block %}
> elements that override blocks in your parent, and put the form HTML in
> there.
> --
> DR.
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