slug url won't display url's that don't have hyphens - regex

Question

for some reason I can't view pages which have a slug without a hyphen. For example:
This doesn't work:
/example1
This works:
/this-way-works
I have tried changing the regular expressions but had no joy. Any help would be appreciated!
urls
urlpatterns = patterns('',
url(r'^$', views.index, name='index'),
url(r'^register_profile/$', views.register_profile, name='register_profile'),
url(r'^update_profile/$', views.update_profile, name='update_profile'),
url(r'^create_project/$', views.CreateProject.as_view(), name='create_project'),
url(r'^(?P<username>\w+)/$', views.profile_page, name='user_profile'),
url(r'^(?P<slug>[-\w]+)/$', views.project_page, name='user_project'),
)
project_page view
def project_page(request, slug):
context_dict = {}
username = request.user.username
user = get_object_or_404(User, username=username)
context_dict['project_user'] = user
project = UserProject.objects.get(slug=slug)
context_dict['project'] = project
context_dict['project_title'] = project.title
return render(request, 'howdidu/project.html', context_dict)
models
class UserProject(models.Model):
user = models.ForeignKey(User)
title = models.CharField(max_length=100)
project_overview = models.CharField(max_length=1000)
project_picture = models.ImageField(upload_to='project_images', blank=True)
date_created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
project_views = models.IntegerField(default=0)
project_likes = models.IntegerField(default=0)
project_followers = models.IntegerField(default=0)
slug = models.SlugField(max_length=100, unique=True) #should this be unique or not?
def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
self.slug = slugify(self.title)
super(UserProject, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
def __unicode__(self):
return self.title
template
{% extends 'howdidu/base.html' %}
{% load staticfiles %}
{% block title %}{{ profile_user.userprofile.first_name }} {{ profile_user.userprofile.second_name }}{% endblock %}
{% block body_block %}
<h1>{{ profile_user.userprofile.first_name }}'s profile page</h1>
<img src="{{ profile_user.userprofile.profile_picture.url }}" width = "150" height = "150" />
<h2>{{ profile_user.userprofile.first_name }} {{ profile_user.userprofile.second_name }}</h2>
<h2>{{ profile_user.userprofile.user_country }}</h2>
{% if projects %}
<ul>
{% for project in projects %}
<li>{{ project.title }}</li>
{% endfor %}
</ul>
{% else %}
<strong>There are no projects present.</strong>
{% endif %}
{% if user.is_authenticated %}
{% if profile_user.username == user.username %}
<p>Edit profile</p>
<p>Create new project</p>
{% endif %}
{% endif %}
{% endblock %}

Answer 1

The problem is in you url ordering.
url(r'^(?P<username>\w+)/$', views.profile_page, name='user_profile'),
url(r'^(?P<slug>[-\w]+)/$', views.project_page, name='user_project'),
There is no big difference for Django in these urls. Django will go from up to down and find first match. If there is a - in your slug it will map to
url(r'^(?P<slug>[-\w]+)/$', views.project_page, name='user_project')
as it is the only url that matches -. But if your slug is example1 link will match
url(r'^(?P<username>\w+)/$', views.profile_page, name='user_profile'),
url as it is closer to the top. What you need to do is to add another 'level' to the urls. For example:
url(r'^users/(?P<username>\w+)/$', views.profile_page, name='user_profile'),
url(r'^projects/(?P<slug>[-\w]+)/$', views.project_page, name='user_project'),
Then everything will work fine.
P. S.
Your url doesn't deppend on user so actually any user can see all projects, I think that's not what you need.Think about this for a little bit and ask me if you need any help.