git commit, converted over to base.html pulling Status*, rather than every render_template calling it. Tightened up naming for job manager, fixed a few bugs in there with items like div by zero, created the active jobs link/badge in navbar, have it invoked each time by base.html template and it gets active jobs from DB, pa_job_manager now initiliases from an empty DB and can work out where it is at, no loop/thread/or actual job code yet. jobs.py has basics of a NewJob(), so next step is to force that job to be executed in pa_job_manager, but its tea time

main.py

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from settings import Settings
 from files import File
 from person import Person
 from refimg import Refimg
-from job import Job
+from job import Job, GetNumActiveJobs
 from ai import *
 
 ####################################### CLASSES / DB model #######################################
@@ -39,11 +39,14 @@ from ai import *
 ####################################### GLOBALS #######################################
 # allow jinja2 to call these python functions directly
 app.jinja_env.globals['ClearStatus'] = st.ClearStatus
+app.jinja_env.globals['GetAlert'] = st.GetAlert
+app.jinja_env.globals['GetMessage'] = st.GetMessage
+app.jinja_env.globals['GetNumActiveJobs'] = GetNumActiveJobs
 
 # default page, just the navbar
 @app.route("/", methods=["GET"])
 def main_page():
-    return render_template("base.html", alert=st.GetAlert(), message=st.GetMessage())
+    return render_template("base.html")
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     if hostname == PROD_HOST: