<!-- Given this model: class Shipment(models.Model): ordernum = models.CharField('Order Number', max_length=10) scheduled_date = models.DateField('date scheduled') def __unicode__(self): return self.ordernum class Meta: ordering = ["-ordernum"] --> <!--Base Site --> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head>{% block head %}{% endblock %} <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://jquery-ui.googlecode.com/svn/tags/latest/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" media="all" /> <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8/jquery-ui.min.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> $(function() { $('.vDateField').datepicker(); }); </script> {% block scripts %}{% endblock %} <title>Site Name</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#1E0F0F"> <div id="engrave"><h1><font color="white">Site Name</font></h1></div> <div id="content"> <h2>{% block title %}{% endblock %}</h2> {% block content %}{% endblock %}<br /> <div align="right"><p><i>Site powered viciously by OWLad</i></p></div> </div> </body> </html> <!-- Then create a page that uses the model: --> {% extends "base_site.html" %} {% block title %}Add Shipment{% endblock %} {% block content %} <p>{{ messsage }}</p> <form method="post"> {{ addform.as_p }} <input type="submit" value="Create Shipment" /> </form> {% endblock %}