updated footer to enable return_url when logging in, so place is not lost

server_ui/templates/base.html

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ logged in as
 {{user.user_id}}
 {% endif %}  [<a href="{% url auth.views.logout %}">logout</a>]<br />
 {% else %}
-not logged in. [<a href="{% url auth.views.index %}">log in</a>]<br />
+not logged in. [<a href="{% url auth.views.index %}?return_url={{CURRENT_URL}}">log in</a>]<br />
 {% endif %}
 <a href="http://heliosvoting.org">About Helios</a>
 {% for footer_link in settings.FOOTER_LINKS %}

server_ui/view_utils.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ def render_template(request, template_name, vars = {}):
   vars_with_user = vars.copy()
   vars_with_user['user'] = get_user(request)
   vars_with_user['settings'] = settings
+  vars_with_user['CURRENT_URL'] = request.path
   
   # csrf protection
   if request.session.has_key('csrf_token'):