committing before scrapping; i came to realize just how much of a bad idea it is to have this as a website app instead of a local one.

app/templates/generator.html

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+{% extends "base.html" %}{% block title %}AIF-NG Configurator | Generator{% endblock %}{% block body %}
+<div class="jumbotron">
+	<h1>Generator</h1>
+	<p class="lead"><span style="color: red; ">WARNING:</span> Please note that this site may have you submit sensitive
+		information such as passwords, usernames, and the like.</br>
+		In the interests of full disclosure and respect for privacy, it is important that you know that <b>these are
+			entirely viewable to me, or whomever runs the instance of this website</b>.</br>
+		It is <b><i>highly</i></b> recommended that you generate it with dummy values for those sensitive fields
+		(denoted with <span style="color: blue; "><code>*sensitive</code></span>), and replace those locally in a
+		plaintext editor or XML editor of your choice after downloading the generated configuration file.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="flashes">
+	{% for message in get_flashed_messages() %}
+	<h3>{{ message }}</h3>
+	{% endfor %}
+</div>
+<ul id="top">
+	<li><a href="#ver">Version</a></li>
+	<li><a href="#disk">Disk</a></li>
+	<li><a href="#net">Network</a></li>
+	<li><a href="#sys">System</a></li>
+	<li><a href="#pac">Pacman</a></li>
+	<li><a href="#boot">Bootloader</a></li>
+	<li><a href="#scripts">Scripts</a></li>
+</ul>
+{% from "_formhelper.html" import render_field %}
+<form method=post>
+<!-- VERSION -->
+	<h2 id="ver">Version</h2>
+	<p>This version should match the version of AIF-NG that you are running. It must match a <a
+			href="https://git.square-r00t.net/AIF-NG/refs/">valid git reference</a> (tag, branch, commit, etc.) for
+		the
+		project.</p>
+	<p>{{ render_field(form.version) }}</p>
+	<a href="#top">(back to top)</a>
+
+<!-- STORAGE -->
+	<h2 id="disk">Disk</h2>
+	<p></p>
+
+<!-- NETWORK -->
+	<h2 id="net">Network</h2>
+	<p></p>
+
+<!-- SYSTEM -->
+	<h2 id="sys">System</h2>
+	<p></p>
+
+<!-- PACMAN -->
+	<h2 id="pac">Pacman</h2>
+	<p></p>
+
+<!-- BOOTLOADER -->
+	<h2 id="boot">Bootloader</h2>
+	<p></p>
+
+<!-- SCRIPTS -->
+	<h2 id="scripts">Scripts</h2>
+	<p></p>
+
+	<input type="submit" value="Generate"/>
+</form>
+{% if form.errors %}
+<ul class="errors">
+	{%- for field_name, field_errors in form.errors|dictsort if field_errors %}
+	{%- for error in field_errors %}
+	<li>{{ form[field_name].label }}: {{ error }}</li>
+	{%- endfor %}
+	{%- endfor %}
+</ul>
+{% endif %}
+<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.4.js"></script>
+<script src="../js/multiform.js"></script>
+{% endblock %}