diff --git a/core/views/uploads.py b/core/views/uploads.py
index cdc633b98..53c59cb52 100644
--- a/core/views/uploads.py
+++ b/core/views/uploads.py
@@ -63,16 +63,57 @@ def logbookedit(request, year=None):
     author = "Zonker"
     if not year:
         year = 2023
-    form = LogbookEditForm()
-    return render(
-        request,
-        "logbookform.html",
-        {
-            "form": form,
-            "year": year,
-            "author": author,
-        },
-    )
+    
+    if request.method == "POST":
+        form = LogbookEditForm(request.POST)
+        if not form.is_valid():
+            message = f'Invalid form response for logbook entry creating "{request.POST}"'
+            print(message)
+            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"]   
+            title = request.POST["title"]   
+            entry = request.POST["text"] 
+            tu = request.POST["tu"] 
+            seq = 99
+            # 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'''
+                <hr />
+                <div class="tripdate" id="{date}-{seq}">{date}</div>
+                <div class="trippeople"><u>{author}</u>, {others}</div>
+                <div class="triptitle">{place} - {title}</div>
+                {entry}
+                <div class="timeug">T/U {tu} hrs</div>'''
+            return render(
+                request,
+                "logbookform.html",
+                {
+                    "form": form,
+                    "year": year,
+                    "author": author,
+                    "output": output,
+                },
+            )
+    # GET here
+    else:
+        form = LogbookEditForm()
+        
+        return render(
+            request,
+            "logbookform.html",
+            {
+                "form": form,
+                "year": year,
+                "author": author,
+            },
+        )
+
+
 
     
 @login_required_if_public
diff --git a/templates/logbookform.html b/templates/logbookform.html
index 1521ef237..69a671fdb 100644
--- a/templates/logbookform.html
+++ b/templates/logbookform.html
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
     </p>
     {% endif %}
     <style>
-    input, textarea {font-family: monospace; font-weight: bold; text-align:center; font-size: 100%; padding: 0.5em;  }
+    input, textarea, pre {font-family: monospace; font-weight: bold; text-align:center; font-size: 100%; padding: 0.5em;  }
+    textarea {text-align:left }
+    pre {text-align:left; font-size: 120%  }
     textarea {text-align:left }
     </style>  
     <div style = "max-width:100%; margin-left:15%; font-family: monospace; font-weight: bold; font-size: 150%; text-align: right; " >
@@ -67,9 +69,9 @@
            label = "tu" name = "tu" size="5"
            title="Time underground (hours)"
            placeholder="0.1"    /> 
-    <br /><br /> <span style="color: red">This DOES NOT WORK yet</span> 
+    <br /><br /> <span style="color: red">This DOES NOT SAVE ANYTHING yet</span> 
        <button  class="fancybutton2"  style="padding: 0.5em 25px; margin-left: 110px" type = "submit" value = "save" >
-          Save logbook entry
+          Do logbook entry
        </button>
     </form>
 
@@ -82,5 +84,39 @@
 
 <hr />
 
-
+{% if output %}
+This is the HTML which will be put into the logbook.html, and below that is the HTML as rendered to be read as part of the full logbook.
+<pre>
+{{output}}
+</pre>
+<hr>
+<style>
+.tripdate, .trippeople {
+	background-color: #C6E4E3;
+	float: left;
+	margin: 2px 1px 1px 1px;
+	padding: 10px;
+	border-bottom-right-radius: 1em;
+	}
+.trippeople {
+	background-color: #fff;
+	float: right;
+	font-style: italic;
+	}
+.triptitle {
+	border: 1px solid #99CCCC;
+	border-top-width: 2px;
+	color: #008787;
+	font-size: 120%;
+	font-weight: bold;
+	padding: 45px 10px 20px;
+	text-align: center;
+	}
+.timeug	{
+	text-align: right;
+	font-weight: bold;
+	margin-bottom: 10px;}
+    </style>
+{{output|safe}}
+{% endif %}
 {% endblock %}
\ No newline at end of file