Sample home page templateΒΆ
This example shows how a simple home page template can be created using a normal Mezzanine page. It uses most of the information including title, keywords, description and content from a normal Mezzanine page with a carousel or jumbotron banner making it easy to manage without editing the template.
urls.py:
urlpatterns = patterns("",
# Home page
url(r"^$", views.home, name="home"),
...
)
views.py:
def home(request):
"""
Home page request
"""
page = Page.objects.get(slug='/')
context = {
"page": page,
}
return render(request, 'myapp/home.html', context)
home.html:
{% extends "base.html" %}
{% load staticfiles mezzanine_tags keyword_tags bsbanners_tags %}
{% block meta_title %}{{ page.meta_title }}{% endblock %}
{% block meta_keywords %}{% metablock %}
{% keywords_for page as keywords %}
{% for keyword in keywords %}
{% if not forloop.first %}, {% endif %}
{{ keyword }}
{% endfor %}
{% endmetablock %}{% endblock %}
{% block meta_description %}{% metablock %}
{{ page.description }}
{% endmetablock %}{% endblock %}
{% block title %}
{{ page.title }}
{% endblock %}
{% block main %}
<div id="content">
{% bsbanner "home-banner" %}
<div>
{{ page.myapp.content|safe }}
</div>
</div>
{% endblock %}