ajax post django,Ajax Post in Django framework?

I put together a simple test of an ajax/jquery post within a django framework, but don't really understand why the output doesn't make it to a template page. Anyone?

I can see the contents of the post in firebug's 'response' tab, but whether I try to return a template or a simple message, nothing happens in the browser itself. Conversely, a non-ajax post works as expected (loads new page, posts message)

I'm a complete newbie to ajax/jquery/django so please excuse my ignorance :)

Eventually, what I'd like to be able to do is to pass arbitrary, non-form variables to a django view via jquery. Possible? Thank you :)

Here's the code --

test.html:

$(document).ready(function() {

$("#testForm").submit(function(event){

event.preventDefault();

$.ajax({

type:"POST",

url:"/test_results/"

});

});

return false;

});

views.py:

from django.shortcuts import render_to_response

from django.http import HttpResponse

def test_ajax(request):

if request.is_ajax():

message = "Yes, AJAX!"

else:

message = "Not Ajax"

return HttpResponse(message)

#alternative test: return render_to_response('test_results.html')

urls.py:

(r'^test_results/$', views.test_ajax),

(r'^test/$', views.test),

and the almost empty test_results.html:

test results