Refactor author detail and home templates for clarity; enhance user experience with author profile link and improve affiliation labeling.

core/templates/author/detail.html

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 {% block title %}{{ item.name }}{% endblock %}
 {% block content %}
 <h2>{{ item.name }}</h2>
-<p><strong>Affiliations:</strong>
+<p><strong>Related Institutions:</strong>
     {% for affiliation in affiliations %}
     <a href="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=!ducky+{{ affiliation|urlencode }}" target="_blank"> {{affiliation }}</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
     {% endfor %}

core/templates/base.html

@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@
                 <ul class="navbar-nav">
                     {% if user.is_authenticated %}
                     <li class="nav-item d-flex align-items-center text-white px-2">
-                        Welcome <a href="#" class="nav-link d-inline px-1">{{ user.first_name }}!</a>
+                        Logged in as:<a href="#" class="nav-link d-inline px-1">{{ user.first_name }}</a>
                     </li>
 
                     <li class="nav-item">
-                        <a class="nav-link" href="{% url 'logout' %}">Logout</a>
+                        <a class="nav-link" href="{% url 'logout' %}">Logout?</a>
                     </li>
                     {% else %}
                     <li class="nav-item">

core/templates/home.html

@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@
 
 {% block content %}
 
+<h2>Welcome, {{ user.first_name }}!
+  {% if author %}
+  <a href="{% url 'author_detail' author.id %}" class="btn btn-primary">🧑‍🔬 View Your Research Profile</a>
+  {% else %}
+</h2>
+{# <p>No matching author found for your profile.</p> #}
+{% endif %}
+<hr>
 <h2>Search Domains</h2>
 <input type="text" id="search-input" placeholder="Type something..." autocomplete="off" />
 <ul id="results-list"></ul>

core/views.py

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from BridgeMentor.utils import refresh_author_db
+from django.db import transaction
+from django.core.cache import cache
 from django.shortcuts import render, get_object_or_404
 # Import Author model
 from .models import Domain, Field, Subfield, Topic, AuthorTopic, Author,  Institution
@@ -5,13 +8,41 @@ from django.http import JsonResponse, HttpResponse
 from django.db.models import Q
 from django.core.management import call_command
 from io import StringIO
+from difflib import get_close_matches
+import unicodedata
 
-from BridgeMentor.utils import refresh_author_db
+
+def unaccent(text):
+    return ''.join(
+        c for c in unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', text)
+        if not unicodedata.combining(c)
+    )
+
+
+with transaction.atomic():
+    author_data = cache.get('author_data')
+    if not author_data:
+        author_dict = {
+            unaccent(author.name.lower()): author for author in Author.objects.all()}
+        author_names = list(author_dict.keys())
+        cache.set('author_data', {'dict': author_dict,
+                                  'names': author_names}, timeout=None)
+    else:
+        author_dict, author_names = author_data['dict'], author_data['names']
 
 
 def home_page(request):
     if request.user.is_authenticated:
-        return render(request, 'home.html')
+        user_full_name = f"{request.user.first_name} {request.user.last_name}"
+        search_ascii = unaccent(user_full_name.lower())
+        best_match = get_close_matches(
+            search_ascii, author_names, n=5, cutoff=0.8)
+        print(f"Best match: {best_match}")
+        matched_author = None
+        if best_match:
+            matched_author = max(
+                (author_dict[name] for name in best_match), key=lambda a: a.cited_by_count)
+        return render(request, 'home.html', {"user": request.user, "author": matched_author})
     else:
         return render(request, "must_login.html")