def newTopic(request, forumID=None):
parentForum = models.Forum.objects.get(id__exact=forumID)
permitted = False
postingRights = parentForum.acls.all()
if len(postingRights) == 0:
permitted = True
for group in request.user.groups.all():
if permitted:
break
for acl in postingRights:
if group == acl.group:
permitted = True
break
if not permitted:
messages.error(request, "You are not permitted to post in this forum.")
return HttpResponseRedirect(parentForum.get_absolute_url())
if request.method == "POST":
replyForm = forms.ReplyForm(request.POST, prefix="reply")
topicForm = forms.TopicForm(request.POST, prefix="topic")
else:
replyForm = forms.ReplyForm(prefix="reply")
topicForm = forms.TopicForm(prefix="topic")
if replyForm.is_valid() and topicForm.is_valid():
topic = models.Topic()
topic.title = topicForm.cleaned_data["title"]
topic.forum = parentForum
reply = models.Post()
reply.body = replyForm.cleaned_data["body"]
reply.user = request.user
reply.save()
topic.rootPost = reply
topic.save()
messages.info(request, "Posting successful")
server_broadcast("New forum topic: %s", topic.title)
return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse("forums.views.post", kwargs={"id": reply.id}))
return render_to_response(
"forums/newTopic.html",
{"forum": parentForum, "replyForm": replyForm, "topicForm": topicForm},
context_instance=RequestContext(request),
)