I have the following basic code, which is meant to get number X, add a simple value "+1" just as proof of concept, then save that number back into the database. Also, I require a Django based, jinja template to pull that number and render it onto a website.

My question is, why is the number failing to show up? I only get a blank space where the number is supposed to be rendered and if I remove the [:1] filter, the div is generated 3x; this tells me that the issue might be somewhere in that line but I am at a loss. The code is:

/views.py:

    from django.shortcuts import render
    from django.http import HttpResponse
    from django.template import Context, loader
    from home.models import DeathNum

    def index(request):
        counter = DeathNum.objects.get(pk=1)
        fj = counter.deaths
        t = loader.get_template('home/basenum.html')
        c = {'number_post': str(fj)[:1]}
        return HttpResponse(t.render(c))


    def increment(request):
        counter1 = DeathNum.objects.get(pk=1)
        counter1.deaths += 1
        counter1.save()
        t = loader.get_template('home/basenum.html')
        c = {'number_post': str(counter1)[:1]}
        return HttpResponse(t.render(c))

/models.py:

 from django.db import models

 class DeathNum(models.Model):

     deaths = models.IntegerField()


     def __str__(self):
         return "{0}/{1}\n".format(self.id, self.deaths)

/basenum.html:

      {% extends "home/index.html" %}
      {% block content %}
         <br />
          <div class="banner">
           <div class="bannerNum">
            <p div class="numberOf">
             Number of deaths in Blank since 1999:
        </p>
                {% for post in number_post %}
          <br /><br /><br />
          <p class="death1">
            {{ post.deaths }}
          </p>
                {% endfor %}
         </div>
        </div> 
        {% endblock %}