Django inclusion_tag contents not displaying - django

Question

I cannot get the contents of an inclusion_tag to display. I am not getting an errors so i know that the tag is registering and I am almost certain that it is loading correctly. The tag is created in crudapp/templatetags/crudapp_tags.py
from django import template
register = template.Library()
#register.inclusion_tag("forum.html")
def results(poll):
form = 'blah'
return {'form': form}
templates/forum.html
{% extends 'index.html' %}
{% load crudapp_tags %}
{% results poll %}
<p>aaa</p>
{% block homepage %}
<p>bbb</p> <!-- Only this displays -->
{% if form %}
<p>Form exists</p>
{% endif %}
{% for item in form %}
<p>This is {{ item }}</p>
{% endfor %}
<div>
<p>{% if user.is_authenticated %}Add a New Topic: <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-plus"></span>{% endif %}</p>
</div>
<div>
<p>{{ totalposts.count }} posts, {{ totaltopics.count }} topics, {{ totalusers.count }} users, {{ totalviews.numviews}} views</p>
</div>
{% endblock %}
The file set up is as follows,

Answer 1

If you are using an inclusion tag, then the tag renders another template. You need to move the code that uses form out of forum.html and into a new template, e.g. results.html
results.html
{% if form %}
<p>Form exists</p>
{% endif %}
{% for item in form %}
<p>This is {{ item }}</p>
{% endfor %}
Then change your tag to use this template
#register.inclusion_tag("results.html")
def results(poll):
form = 'blah'
return {'form': form}
Finally, since you are extending a template, you need to move then tag into a block, otherwise the result won't be used.
{% block homepage %}
{% results poll %}
...
{% endblock %}
If you want to add an item to the template context instead of rendering another template, then you want a simple tag instead.
#register.simple_tag
def fetch_result():
result = ['foo', 'bar']
return result
Then in your template:
{% fetch_result as result %}
{% for item in result %}
<p>This is {{ item }}</p>
{% endfor %}
The {% fetch_result as result %} works for simple tags in Django 1.9+. In earlier versions, you want an assignment tag.