article renders in article css; the article text is squished to the left and begins in the nav row

src/diary/entries/raw/article-to-html.py

@@ -22,13 +22,16 @@ def collect_raw(d):
     return glob.glob(d)
 
 def clear_articles():
-    files = glob.glob('../*.tpl')
+    files = glob.glob('../*')
+    print(files)
+    if '../raw' in files:
+        files.remove('../raw')
     for f in files:
         os.remove(f)
 
 def main():
     clear_articles()
-    create_files(collect_raw('entries/*.tpl'), '..')
+    create_files(collect_raw('entries/*'), '..')
 
 ## Start Program ##
 

src/index.py

@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ def list_headlines(articles):
 
 def retrieve_article(page):
     text = []
-    with open(loc + page) as f:
-            text = f.readlines()
-    return text
+    string = ""
+    with open(loc + str(page)) as f:
+        text = f.readlines()
+    for line in text:
+        string += line
+    return string
 
 def list_snippets(articles):
     limit = 4
@@ -136,14 +139,12 @@ def diary(page):
 
 @route('/diary/entries/<page:int>')
 def entry(page):
-    info = {'css': 'box', 'title': 'blessfrey - credits', 'year': datetime.datetime.now()}
+    """diary entry"""
+    info = {'css': 'diary', 'title': 'blessfrey - developer diary', 'year': datetime.datetime.now(), 'entry': retrieve_article(page), 'latest': list_headlines(sort_files(gather_files())[0:5]), 'page': page}
     abs_app_dir_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
     abs_views_path = os.path.join(abs_app_dir_path, 'views')
     TEMPLATE_PATH.insert(0, abs_views_path )
-    return template(os.path.join(abs_views_path,'contact.tpl'), info)
-#    """diary entry"""
-#    info = {'css': 'diary', 'title': 'blessfrey - developer diary', 'year': datetime.datetime.now(), 'entry': retrieve_article(page), 'latest': list_headlines(sort_files(gather_files())[0:5]), 'page': page}
-#    return template('feature.tpl', info)
+    return template(os.path.join(abs_views_path,'feature.tpl'), info)
 
 @route('/box')
 def box():

src/static/css/feature.css

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ mark {
 
 .diary-entry {
     grid-area: 3 / 2 / 7 / 3;
-    background-color: #F4A5AE;
+    background-color: #Ff0000;
     padding: 5px;
 }
 

src/views/feature.tpl

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 <!--left column-->
     
     <div class="diary-entry">
-        {{entry}}
+        {{!entry}}
         <br>
     </div>