Django Newb Help

Hello,

I am working on Django by Example as a newb and am having issues in ch. 2...

we are setting up a commenting system for blog posts and everything works except the form stays populated and there is no refresh after successfully posting...the page is supposed to refresh and the form be cleared...

views.py

...
from .models import Comment
from .forms import CommentForm

#a comment was posted
comments =post.comments.filter(active=True)

if request.method == "POST":
   # a comment was posted
   comment_form =CommentForm(data=request.POST)
   if comment_form.is_valid():

      new_comment = comment_form.save(commit=False)
      new_comment.post = post
      new_comment.save()

else:
   comment_form = CommentForm()
...

post_detail.html

{% if new_comment %}

   <h2>Your comment has been added.</h2>

{% else %}

   <h2>Add a new comment.</h2>

   <form action="." method="post">

      {{ comment_form.as_p }}

      {% csrf_token %}

      <p><input type="submit" value="Add comment"></p>

   </form>

{% endif %}

the problem is that when displaying the actual page everything works except that the form is still populated and can be resubmitted endlessly with the same data.

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