--- a/gpp/forums/admin.py	Sun Jul 12 18:25:26 2009 +0000
+++ b/gpp/forums/admin.py	Sun Aug 23 00:14:52 2009 +0000
@@ -11,12 +11,16 @@
 
 class CategoryAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     list_display = ('name', 'position', )
+    prepopulated_fields = { 'slug': ('name', ) }
+    save_on_top = True
 
 
 class ForumAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     list_display = ('name', 'category', 'position', 'topic_count', 'post_count')
     prepopulated_fields = { 'slug': ('name', ) }
     raw_id_fields = ('last_post', )
+    save_on_top = True
+
 
 class TopicAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     list_display = ('name', 'forum', 'creation_date', 'user', 'sticky', 'locked',
@@ -25,6 +29,7 @@
     search_fields = ('name', )
     date_hierarchy = 'creation_date'
     list_filter = ('creation_date', 'update_date', )
+    save_on_top = True
 
 
 class PostAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
@@ -34,6 +39,7 @@
     search_fields = ('body', )
     date_hierarchy = 'creation_date'
     list_filter = ('creation_date', 'update_date', )
+    save_on_top = True
 
 
 admin.site.register(Category, CategoryAdmin)

--- a/gpp/forums/models.py	Sun Jul 12 18:25:26 2009 +0000
+++ b/gpp/forums/models.py	Sun Aug 23 00:14:52 2009 +0000
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@
     def __unicode__(self):
         return self.name
 
+    @models.permalink
+    def get_absolute_url(self):
+        return ('forums-forum_index', [self.slug])
+
     def topic_count_update(self):
         """Call to notify the forum that its topic count has been updated."""
         self.topic_count = Topic.objects.filter(forum=self).count()

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/gpp/forums/urls.py	Sun Aug 23 00:14:52 2009 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+"""
+URLs for the forums application.
+"""
+from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
+
+urlpatterns = patterns('forums.views',
+    url(r'^$', 'index', name='forums-index'),
+    url(r'^(?P<slug>[\w\d-]+)/$', 'forum_index', name='forums-forum_index'),
+)

--- a/gpp/forums/views.py	Sun Jul 12 18:25:26 2009 +0000
+++ b/gpp/forums/views.py	Sun Aug 23 00:14:52 2009 +0000
@@ -1,1 +1,29 @@
-# Create your views here.
+"""
+Views for the forums application.
+"""
+from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
+from django.template import RequestContext
+
+from forums.models import Forum
+
+
+def index(request):
+    forums = Forum.objects.all().select_related()
+    cats = {}
+    for forum in forums:
+        cat = cats.setdefault(forum.category.id, {
+            'cat': forum.category,
+            'forums': [],
+            })
+        cat['forums'].append(forum)
+
+    cmpdef = lambda a, b: cmp(a['cat'].position, b['cat'].position)
+    cats = sorted(cats.values(), cmpdef)
+
+    return render_to_response('forums/index.html', {
+        'cats': cats,
+        },
+        context_instance=RequestContext(request))
+
+def forum_index(request, slug):
+    pass

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/gpp/templates/forums/index.html	Sun Aug 23 00:14:52 2009 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{% extends 'base.html' %}
+{% block title %}Forums{% endblock %}
+{% block content %}
+<h2>Forums</h2>
+
+<div class="forum-block">
+{% for iter in cats %}
+   <h3>{{ iter.cat }}</h3>
+   <table class="forum-index-table">
+      <thead>
+         <tr>
+            <th class="forum-title">Forum</th>
+            <th class="forum-topics">Topics</th>
+            <th class="forum-posts">Posts</th>
+            <th class="forum-last_post">Last Post</th>
+         </tr>
+      </thead>
+      <tbody>
+         {% for forum in iter.forums %}
+            <tr>
+               <td><h4><a href="{{ forum.get_absolute_url }}">{{ forum.name }}</a></h4>
+                  <p>{{ forum.description }}</p></td>
+               <td class="forum-topics">{{ forum.topic_count }}</td>
+               <td class="forum-posts">{{ forum.post_count }}</td>
+               <td class="forum-last_post">
+                  {% if forum.last_post %}
+                     {{ forum.last_post.update_date|date }}<br />
+                     {{ forum.last_post.user.username }}
+                  {% else %}
+                     <i>No Posts</i>
+                  {% endif %}
+               </td>
+            </tr>
+         {% endfor %}
+      </tbody>
+   </table>
+{% endfor %}
+</div>
+{% endblock %}

--- a/gpp/urls.py	Sun Jul 12 18:25:26 2009 +0000
+++ b/gpp/urls.py	Sun Aug 23 00:14:52 2009 +0000
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
       'django.contrib.syndication.views.feed', 
       {'feed_dict': feeds },
       'feeds-news'),
+   (r'^forums/', include('forums.urls')),
    (r'^irc/', include('irc.urls')),
    (r'^links/', include('weblinks.urls')),
    (r'^member_map/', include('membermap.urls')),

--- a/media/css/base.css	Sun Jul 12 18:25:26 2009 +0000
+++ b/media/css/base.css	Sun Aug 23 00:14:52 2009 +0000
@@ -153,3 +153,36 @@
 #slideshow img.last-active {
    z-index:9;
 }
+table.forum-index-table {
+   width:100%;
+}
+table.forum-index-table thead th {
+   background:teal;
+}
+table.forum-index-table th.forum-title {
+   width:65%;
+}
+table.forum-index-table th.forum-topics {
+   width:10%;
+   text-align:center;
+}
+table.forum-index-table th.forum-posts {
+   width:10%;
+   text-align:center;
+}
+table.forum-index-table th.forum-last_post {
+   width:15%;
+   text-align:center;
+}
+table.forum-index-table td.forum-topics {
+   width:10%;
+   text-align:center;
+}
+table.forum-index-table td.forum-posts {
+   width:10%;
+   text-align:center;
+}
+table.forum-index-table td.forum-last_post {
+   width:15%;
+   text-align:center;
+}