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+++ b/newsaggregator/NEWS-AGGREGATOR-PROJECT
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit d942ce168190d26603742845aa4add8248b9e984
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diff --git a/newsaggregator/core/admin.py b/newsaggregator/core/admin.py
index 602462f..ebf32b9 100644
--- a/newsaggregator/core/admin.py
+++ b/newsaggregator/core/admin.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from django.contrib import admin
-from core.models import Headline,Bookmark
-
+from core.models import Headline,Bookmark,Contact
 admin.site.register(Headline)
-admin.site.register(Bookmark)
\ No newline at end of file
+admin.site.register(Bookmark)
+admin.site.register(Contact)
+# Register your models here.
diff --git a/newsaggregator/core/forms.py b/newsaggregator/core/forms.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e440570..0000000
--- a/newsaggregator/core/forms.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-from django import forms
-
-
-class ContactForm(forms.Form):
-    name = forms.CharField(max_length=255, widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={'placeholder': 'Your Name'}))
-    email = forms.EmailField(widget=forms.EmailInput(attrs={'placeholder': 'Your Email'}))
-    phone = forms.IntegerField(widget=forms.NumberInput(attrs={'placeholder': 'Your Phone Number'}))
-    content = forms.CharField(widget=forms.Textarea(attrs={'placeholder': 'Your Message'}))
diff --git a/newsaggregator/core/migrations/0002_contact.py b/newsaggregator/core/migrations/0002_contact.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e9125a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsaggregator/core/migrations/0002_contact.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.0.6 on 2024-05-30 09:47
+
+import django.core.validators
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('core', '0001_initial'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='Contact',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.BigAutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('name', models.CharField(max_length=255)),
+                ('email', models.EmailField(max_length=254, validators=[django.core.validators.EmailValidator()])),
+                ('phone', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=20)),
+                ('message', models.TextField(blank=True, max_length=20)),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]
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diff --git a/newsaggregator/core/models.py b/newsaggregator/core/models.py
index f3b8750..cb577d1 100644
--- a/newsaggregator/core/models.py
+++ b/newsaggregator/core/models.py
@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@
 
 from django.dispatch import receiver
 
+from django.core.validators import EmailValidator
+
+class Contact(models.Model):
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
+    email = models.EmailField(validators=[EmailValidator()])
+    phone = models.IntegerField(max_length=10, blank=True)  
+    message= models.TextField(max_length=20, blank=True)
+    
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.name + " - " + self.email
+
+
+
 
 class Headline(models.Model):
   title = models.CharField(max_length=200)#title char(200)
diff --git a/newsaggregator/core/urls.py b/newsaggregator/core/urls.py
index 7cf5f44..962cd06 100644
--- a/newsaggregator/core/urls.py
+++ b/newsaggregator/core/urls.py
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 from django.urls import path
 from core import views
+from .views import submit_contact
 
 app_name='core'
 
 urlpatterns=[
     path('',views.news_list,name='index'),
     path('about/',views.about,name='about'),
-    path('contact/',views.contact,name='contact'),
+    path('contact.html/',views.submit_contact,name='contact'),
+   
     path('advertise/',views.advertise,name='advertise'),
     path('privacy/',views.privacy,name='privacy'),
     path('scrape/<str:name>', views.scrape, name="scrape"),
     
-
-
-    # bookmarking
+        # bookmarking
     path('bookmarks/', views.view_bookmarks, name='view_bookmarks'),
 
     path('remove_bookmark/<int:headline_id>/', views.remove_bookmark, name='remove_bookmark'),
diff --git a/newsaggregator/core/views.py b/newsaggregator/core/views.py
index d56f3b2..9b74bc5 100644
--- a/newsaggregator/core/views.py
+++ b/newsaggregator/core/views.py
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 from core.models import Headline
 
 from datetime import datetime
-from core.forms import ContactForm
+
+from core.models import Contact
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 from django.core.mail import send_mail
 
@@ -134,35 +135,22 @@ def about(request):
     return render(request, "core/about.html", context)
 
 @login_required(login_url='userauths:sign-in')
-def contact(request):
-    today_date = datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
-    if request.method == "POST":
-        form = ContactForm(request.POST)
-        
-        if form.is_valid():
-            name = form.cleaned_data['name']
-            email = form.cleaned_data['email']
-            phone = form.cleaned_data['phone']
-            content = form.cleaned_data['content']
-
-            html = render_to_string('components/email.html', {
-                'name': name,
-                'email': email,
-                'phone': phone,
-                'content': content,
-            })
-
-            send_mail("The contact form subject", 'this is the message', email, ['email@gmail.com'], html_message=html)
-            messages.success(request, 'Form submitted successfully!')
-            return redirect("core:index")
-    else:
-        form = ContactForm()
+def submit_contact(request):
+    if request.method == 'POST':
+        name = request.POST.get('name')
+        email = request.POST.get('email')
+        phone= request.POST.get('phone')
+        message = request.POST.get('message')
+        contact=Contact()
+        contact.name=name
+        contact.email=email
+        contact.phone=phone
+        contact.message=message
+        contact.save()
+        messages.success(request,"Thanks for contacting us")
+        return redirect("/contact.html")
+    return render(request, "core/contact.html")
 
-    context={
-        'today_date': today_date,
-        'form': form,
-    }
-    return render(request,"core/contact.html",context)
 
 @login_required(login_url='userauths:sign-in')
 def advertise(request):
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diff --git a/newsaggregator/newsaggregator/settings.py b/newsaggregator/newsaggregator/settings.py
index ddde4f5..826d813 100644
--- a/newsaggregator/newsaggregator/settings.py
+++ b/newsaggregator/newsaggregator/settings.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     'jazzmin',
     'django.contrib.admin',
     'django.contrib.auth',
+    
     'django.contrib.contenttypes',
     'django.contrib.sessions',
     'django.contrib.messages',
diff --git a/newsaggregator/newsaggregator/urls.py b/newsaggregator/newsaggregator/urls.py
index 51365de..342f8fd 100644
--- a/newsaggregator/newsaggregator/urls.py
+++ b/newsaggregator/newsaggregator/urls.py
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
     path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
     path('user/',include('userauths.urls')),
     path('',include('core.urls')),
+    
 ]
diff --git a/newsaggregator/templates/core/contact.html b/newsaggregator/templates/core/contact.html
index 07fe277..c4ebd23 100644
--- a/newsaggregator/templates/core/contact.html
+++ b/newsaggregator/templates/core/contact.html
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@
 
             <div class="col-md-12">
                 <br>
+                {%for msg in messages%} 
+                <div class="alert alert-success d-flex align-items-center" role="alert" style="height:50px">
+                    <svg class="bi flex-shrink-0 me-2" role="img" aria-label="Success:"><use xlink:href="#check-circle-fill"/></svg>
+                    <div>{{msg}}</div></div>
+                  
+                {%endfor%}
                 <h2 class="h2">Contact Me</h2>
 
                 <div class="blog-card-group">
@@ -21,26 +27,34 @@ <h2 class="h2">Contact Me</h2>
                                 {% csrf_token %}
                                 <div class="row">
                                     <div class="col-md-6">
-                                        <div class="form-group">
-                                            {{form.name}}
+                                        <div class="name">
+                                            <label for="name"></label>
+                                            <input type="text" placeholder="Your name is" name="name" id="name_input" required>
+                                          </div>
+                                          <div class="email">
+                                            <label for="email"></label>
+                                            <input type="email" placeholder="Your e-mail is" name="email" id="email_input" required>
+                                          </div>
+                                          <div class="phone">
+                                            <label for="phone number"></label>
+                                            <input type="text" placeholder="Your Phone Number" name="phone" id="phone_input" required>
                                         </div>
-                                        <div class="form-group">
-                                            {{form.email}}
-                                        </div>
-                                        <div class="form-group">
-                                            {{form.phone}}
-                                        </div>
-
                                     </div>
-                                    <div class="col-md-6">
-                                        <div class="form-group">
-                                            {{form.content}}
+                                    <div class="col-md-6">                                   
+                                          <div class="message">
+                                            <label for="message"></label>
+                                            <textarea name="message" placeholder="I'd like to chat about" id="message_input" cols="30" rows="5" required></textarea>
+                                          </div>
                                         </div>
-                                    </div>
+
                                     <div class="form-group">
+                                    </br>
+
+                                                                             
                                         <button class="btn btn-secondary" type="submit"
                                         style="width: min-content;padding: .2em;border: 1px solid #a0aec0;border-bottom: 2px solid #a0aec0;">Submit</button>
-                                    </div>
+                                  
+                                </div>
                                 </div>
                             </form>
                         </div>
@@ -48,6 +62,7 @@ <h2 class="h2">Contact Me</h2>
 
                     </div>
                 </div>
+                
 
 
 
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