add coming soon template

edgware/main/views.py

@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ def help(request):
   context = RequestContext(request, {})
   return render_to_response("main/help.html", context)
 
+def comingsoon(request):
+  context = RequestContext(request, {})
+  return render_to_response("main/comingsoon.html", context)
+
 def debug(request):
 #  imageVersion = Image.VERSION
 # sysPath = ",".join(sys.path)

edgware/templates/main/comingsoon.html

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{% extends 'main_base.html' %}
+
+{% block title %}
+  Home
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block extra_head %}
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/main/home.css" />
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block pageTitle %}
+
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+  <div class="centerSentence">
+    Welcome to <a href="contact">Edgwareroad.org</a>.
+    Here you can <a href="publish">create</a> a publication, <a href="browse">browse</a> existing publications, or <a href="archive">view an archive</a> of materials generated on the Edgware Road and beyond.
+  </div>
+
+{% endblock %}

edgware/urls.py

@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
     (r'^sandbox/account$', login),
     (r'^sandbox/logout$', logout),
 
-    (r'^$', 'django.views.generic.simple.redirect_to', {'url': '/slider/'}),
+#    (r'^$', 'django.views.generic.simple.redirect_to', {'url': '/slider/'}),
+    (r'^$', 'main.views.comingsoon'),
     (r'^robots.txt(?P<path>)$', 'django.views.static.serve', { 'document_root' : "/home/itf/soc/edgware/static/txt/robots.txt"  } ),
    # Uncomment the admin/doc line below and add 'django.contrib.admindocs' 
     # to INSTALLED_APPS to enable admin documentation: