rename method to something that actually better reflects what it is doing. Also rename a variable to help with readability

cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/tests.py

@@ -362,11 +362,11 @@ class ContentStoreTest(TestCase):
             if tab['type'] == 'static_tab':
                 reverse_tabs.insert(0, 'i4x://edX/full/static_tab/{0}'.format(tab['url_slug']))
  
-        resp = self.client.post(reverse('reorder_tabs'), json.dumps({'tabs':reverse_tabs}), "application/json")
+        resp = self.client.post(reverse('reorder_static_tabs'), json.dumps({'tabs':reverse_tabs}), "application/json")
 
         course = ms.get_item(Location(['i4x','edX','full','course','6.002_Spring_2012', None]))
+        
         # compare to make sure that the tabs information is in the expected order after the server call
-
         course_tabs = []
         for tab in course.tabs:
             if tab['type'] == 'static_tab':

cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views.py

@@ -906,19 +906,19 @@ def edit_static(request, org, course, coursename):
 
 @login_required
 @expect_json
-def reorder_tabs(request):
+def reorder_static_tabs(request):
     tabs = request.POST['tabs']
     course = get_course_for_item(tabs[0])
 
     if not has_access(request.user, course.location):
         raise PermissionDenied()
 
-    # get list of course_tabs
-    course_tabs = [t for t in course.tabs if t['type'] == 'static_tab']
-
+    # get list of existing static tabs in course
     # make sure they are the same lengths (i.e. the number of passed in tabs equals the number
     # that we know about) otherwise we can drop some!
-    if len(course_tabs) != len(tabs):
+        
+    existing_static_tabs = [t for t in course.tabs if t['type'] == 'static_tab']
+    if len(existing_static_tabs) != len(tabs):
         return HttpResponseBadRequest()
 
     # load all reference tabs, return BadRequest if we can't find any of them

cms/static/coffee/src/views/tabs.coffee

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class CMS.Views.TabsEdit extends Backbone.View
     )
     $.ajax({
       type:'POST',
-      url: '/reorder_tabs', 
+      url: '/reorder_static_tabs', 
       data: JSON.stringify({
         tabs : tabs
       }),

cms/urls.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ urlpatterns = ('',
     url(r'^publish_draft$', 'contentstore.views.publish_draft', name='publish_draft'),
     url(r'^unpublish_unit$', 'contentstore.views.unpublish_unit', name='unpublish_unit'),
     url(r'^create_new_course', 'contentstore.views.create_new_course', name='create_new_course'),
-    url(r'^reorder_tabs', 'contentstore.views.reorder_tabs', name='reorder_tabs'),
+    url(r'^reorder_static_tabs', 'contentstore.views.reorder_static_tabs', name='reorder_static_tabs'),
 
     url(r'^(?P<org>[^/]+)/(?P<course>[^/]+)/course/(?P<name>[^/]+)$',
         'contentstore.views.course_index', name='course_index'),