diff -r f34e3a3e1439 -r e747da8bc110 taskapp/utilities/notification.py
--- a/taskapp/utilities/notification.py	Sat Feb 27 10:48:43 2010 +0530
+++ b/taskapp/utilities/notification.py	Sat Feb 27 14:22:26 2010 +0530
@@ -2,19 +2,46 @@
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from pytask.taskapp.models import Notification
 
-def create_notification(to,subject,message):
+def create_notification(role, sent_to, sent_from=None, reply=None, task=None, receiving_user=None, pynts=None, requested_by=None, remarks=None):
     """
     creates a notification based on the passed arguments.
         to - a list of users to which the notification is to be sent
         subject - subject of the notification message to be sent
         message - message body of the notification
     """
+
     notification = Notification(sent_date = datetime.now())
+    notification.role = role
+    notification.sent_to = sent_to
     notification.save()
-    notification.sent_to = to
-    notification.sub = subject
-    notification.message = message
-    notification.save()
+
+    if role == "PY":
+
+        notification.sent_from = sent_from
+        notification.task = task
+        notification.pynts = pynts
+
+        task_url= '<a href="/task/view/tid=%s">%s</a>'%(task.id, task.title)
+        credits_url = '<a href="/task/assigncredits/tid=%s">%s</a>'%(task.id, "click here")
+        mentor_url = '<a href="/user/view/uid=%s">%s</a>'%(requested_by.id, requested_by.username)
+        admin_url = '<a href="/user/view/uid=%s">%s</a>'%(sent_from.id, sent_from.username)
+        user_url = '<a href="/user/view/uid=%s">%s</a>'%(receiving_user.id, receiving_user.username)
+
+        if reply:
+            notification.sub = "Approved request for assign of credits"
+            notification.message  = """ Request made by %s to assign %s pynts to %s for the task %s has been approved by %s<br />
+                                    %s if you want the view/assign pynts page of the task.<br />"""%(mentor_url, pynts, user_url, task_url, admin_url, credits_url)
+
+        else:
+            notification.sub = "Rejected request for assign of credits"
+            notification.message = """ Request made by %s to assign %s pynts to %s for the task %s has been rejected by %s.<br /> """%(mentor_url, pynts, user_url, task_url, admin_url)
+            if remarks:
+                notification.remarks = remarks
+                notification.message += "Reason: %s<br />"%remarks
+            notification.message += "<br />"
+
+        notification.save()
+
 
 def mark_notification_read(notification_id):
     """
@@ -54,10 +81,5 @@
     except Notification.DoesNotExist:
         return None
 
-    try:
-        notify_obj.sent_to.get(id=user.id)
-    except User.DoesNotExist:
-        return None
-
-    if not notify_obj.is_deleted:
+    if notify_obj.sent_to == user and ( not notify_obj.is_deleted ):
         return notify_obj