better placeholder/value setting

core/views/uploads.py

@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ def logbookedit(request, year=None):
     """Type in a logbook entry.
     No editing yet, name is implying a future enhancement
     """
-    author = "Zonker"
     if not year:
         year = 2023
     
@@ -72,14 +71,15 @@ def logbookedit(request, year=None):
             return render(request, "errors/generic.html", {"message": message})
         else:
             # validation all to be done yet..
-            author = request.POST["author"]   
-            date = request.POST["date"]   
-            others = request.POST["others"]   
-            place = request.POST["place"]   
+            date = request.POST["date"]   # check valid and this year
+            author = request.POST["author"]   # check against personexpedition
+            others = request.POST["others"]    # check each against personexpedition
+            place = request.POST["place"]   # no hyphens !
             title = request.POST["title"]   
-            entry = request.POST["text"] 
-            tu = request.POST["tu"] 
-            seq = 99
+            entry = request.POST["text"] # replace 2 \n or <p> with <br><br>
+            tu = request.POST["tu"] # check numeric
+            seq = 99 # should match the number of entries on this date +1 in the db already
+            
             # OK this could be done by rendering a template, but for such a small bit of HTML, it is easier to have
             # it all in one place: here
             output = f'''
@@ -95,7 +95,11 @@ def logbookedit(request, year=None):
                 {
                     "form": form,
                     "year": year,
-                    "author": author,
+                    "date": date,
+                    "place": place,
+                    "title": title,
+                    "tu": tu,
+                    "entry": entry,
                     "output": output,
                 },
             )
@@ -109,7 +113,6 @@ def logbookedit(request, year=None):
             {
                 "form": form,
                 "year": year,
-                "author": author,
             },
         )