diff -r 0327b83959e9 -r 4bdb45071c89 svv/orders.py
--- a/svv/orders.py	Thu Dec 23 00:57:46 2010 +0200
+++ b/svv/orders.py	Thu Dec 23 01:07:42 2010 +0200
@@ -333,6 +333,20 @@
             ) for opt_value, opt_title in options
         )
 
+    def render_datetime_input (self, name, value=None) :
+        """
+            Render HTML for a generic datetime control (using jQuery).
+
+                name            - field name, as used for POST
+                value           - selected date
+        """
+            
+        return (
+            self.render_text_input(name, (value.strftime(self.DATETIME_FORMAT) if value else None)),
+
+            tags.script("$(document).ready(function () { $('#" + name + "').datetimepicker(); });"),
+        )
+
     def render_customer_input (self) :
         """
             Render HTML for customer_id/name field inputs.
@@ -353,10 +367,10 @@
             Render HTML for contact name field <input>s
         """
         # recommended contacts for selected customer, if known
-        contacts = self.get_contact_list(self.customer_id)
+        contacts = self.build_contact_list(self.customer_id)
 
         return (
-            self.render_select_input('contact_id', ((id, name) for id, name, phone, email in contacts), self.contact_id)
+            self.render_select_input('contact_id', ((id, name) for id, name, phone, email in contacts), self.contact_id),
             self.render_text_input('contact_name', self.contact_name),
 
             tags.script(r"$(document).ready(function () { $('#contact_id').formSelectPreset({textTarget: $('#contact_name')}); });"),
@@ -368,18 +382,15 @@
         """
         
         return (
-            self.render_text_input('event_start', (self.event_start.strftime(self.DATETIME_FORMAT) if event_start else None)),
+            self.render_datetime_input('event_start', self.event_start),
             " - ",
-            self.render_text_input('event_end', (self.event_end.strftime(self.DATETIME_FORMAT) if event_end else None)),
+            self.render_datetime_input('event_end', self.event_end),
 
             tags.script(r"""
 $(document).ready(function () { 
     var event_start = $('#event_start');
     var event_end = $('#event_end');
 
-    event_start.datetimepicker();
-    event_end.datetimepicker(); 
-    
 /* Buggy shit doesn't work
 
     {
@@ -474,23 +485,30 @@
 
 
 class OrdersView (PageHandler) :
-    def render (self) :
+    def render_content (self) :
         return tags.h1("Orders list")
 
 class OrderView (PageHandler) :
-    def render (self, id) :
+    def render_content (self, id) :
         return tags.h1("Order info for #%d" % (id, ))
 
 class NewOrderView (PageHandler) :
     """
-        
+            
     """
 
-    def render (self) :
+    def render_content (self) :
+
+        form = OrderForm(self.app)
+        form.defaults()
+
+        return form.render(action=self.url_for(NewOrderView))
+
+        # XXX: under construction..
+
         if self.POST :
             print self.POST
 
-            # 
             
             # if we've gotten this far, then we can create it!
             sql = db.insert(db.orders).values(
@@ -509,7 +527,5 @@
             # ok, we don't need the /new URL anymore, we can just show the order page
             return self.redirect_for(OrderView, id=order_id)
 
-        # render form
-        return self.render_form()