Django: Setting one page as the main page
Create MAIN_PAGE setting inside settings.py with primary key. Then create view main_page nad retrieve the main_page object from the database using the setting.
EDIT:
You can also do it like this: add a model, which will reference a SimplePage and point to the main page. In main page view, you will retrieve the wanted SimplePage and it can be easily changed by anyone in django admin.
I'm a newbie at Django and I want to do something that I'm not sure how to do.
I have a model SimplePage, which simply stands for a webpage that is visible on the website and whose contents can be edited in the admin. (I think this is similar to FlatPage.)
So I have a bunch of SimplePages for my site, and I want one of them to be the main page. (a.k.a. the index page.) I know how to make it available on the url /. But I also want it to receive slightly different processing. (It contains different page elements than the other pages.)
What would be a good way to mark a page as the main page? I considered adding a boolean field is_main_page to the SimplePage model, but how could I assure that only one page could be marked as the main page?