renamed ClearMessage to better name of ClearStatus, and exposed it to jinja2 so status messages now work in base.html

main.py

@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ db = SQLAlchemy(app)
 ma = Marshmallow(app)
 Bootstrap(app)
 
+
+####################################### GLOBALS #######################################
+# allow jinja2 to call these python functions directly
+app.jinja_env.globals['ClearStatus'] = st.ClearStatus
+
+
 @app.route("/test", methods=["GET"])
 def test():
     return render_template("base.html", alert=st.GetAlert(), message=st.GetMessage())

status.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class Status:
         self.message=self.message+msg
         return
 
-    def ClearMessage(self):
+    def ClearStatus(self):
         self.alert="success"
         self.message=""
         return ""