added loop in home.tpl to display results. using stage as example. modified views.py to use render_to_response instead of render because it is suggested in the documentation.
formatted the table so it is displayed more prettily.
began figuring out how to display different tables. There are a few thoughts:
one idea is inlcuidng different chunks of html code in the template (see commented out code in home.tpl)
another idea was creating multiple views (see commented out view in views.py)
Still need to figure out how to get the query from the user. This will decide which view/template is displayed.