Django how to set main page

Question

i want to set a main page or an index page for my app. i tried adding MAIN_PAGE in settings.py and then creating a main_page view returning a main_page object, but it doesn\

Answer 1

If you want to refer to a static page (not have it go through any dynamic processing), you can use the direct_to_template view function from django.views.generic.simple. In your URL conf:

from django.views.generic.simple import direct_to_template
urlpatterns += patterns("",
    (r"^$", direct_to_template, {"template": "index.html"})
)

(Assuming index.html is at the root of one of your template directories.)