Re: Web Development with Django: Windows vs Linux/Mac OS X

2008-02-09 Thread SamFeltus
I find SonomaSunshine runs nearly the same on Vista or Ubuntu, once you change the system call code, which probably isn't even a normal issue. I'd think if you were using Photoshop regularly, it would be a no brainer, just work on Windows. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You

Re: These waters aren't so friendly after all

2008-01-17 Thread SamFeltus
Django generates the shiniest, happiest pages of any web framework... :) http://samfeltus.com/pythonista/MardiGrasPreview.html --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this

Will Django ever get good support for Art and Comedy???

2008-01-03 Thread SamFeltus
Django rocks, but it needs better support for comedy and artsy shiny frilly stuff... 2008 Django generated Mardi Gras pages OTW... :) http://samfeltus.com/pythonista/MardiGrasPreview.html --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribe

Re: django with other presentation solution

2007-11-27 Thread SamFeltus
I think Flash/Flex works great. As a Web Display Technology, it's superior to HTML/CSS in most ways except for textual information. I wouldn't say using Flash/Flex is painless, but it certainly is potent. That's my 2 cents. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received thi

Libraries of cliches and visual gimmicks for Django???

2007-11-27 Thread SamFeltus
In advance, excuse me if off topic... :) I was reading Vernor Vinge's Rainbows End, and was struck by the quote... """ Robert had a surprising amount of fun working with video effects and network jitter. If their project had been shown in the 1990's, it would have been taken as a work of geni

Django Generated Commentary on Python 411 - Web 3.0 and Nanoprogramming

2007-11-18 Thread SamFeltus
Here's an interesting Podcast musing on the possible future of Python and computing, illustrated and commentated by SonomaSunshine... Enjoy... http://samfeltus.com/kudzu/Nanoprogramming_podcast.html --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are s

Re: Kudzu Version of SonomaSunshine

2007-10-29 Thread SamFeltus
I suppose it represents what happens when a gardener grabs a cheap camera, Django and an MXMLC compiler??? :) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email

Re: Kudzu Version of SonomaSunshine

2007-10-29 Thread SamFeltus
It's the experimental output of a browser based Django program for writing Flash movies... The music is Bobby Lee Rodgers from the Internet Archive http://www.archive.org/details/blr2007-09-06.SBD.flac16 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because yo

Kudzu Version of SonomaSunshine

2007-10-28 Thread SamFeltus
Funkiest SonomaSunshine page ever... A slim, trim 30ish MB page, leaves time for fetching a beer or some coffee. Takes about 10 minutes to watch. Yet another example of using Django to generate frilly, colorful Flash pages instead of more of that hypertext stuff... :) http://samfeltus.com/kudz

SonomaSunshine added to Google Code

2007-09-04 Thread SamFeltus
If anyone is amused, the Redneck Riviera's Best Python Powered Folk Art Server is now on Google Codes in a raw pre alpha... http://code.google.com/p/sonoma-sunshine/ Example Django generated pages are at... http://samfeltus.com/site_index.html --~--~-~--~~~---~--~-

Summer Comic Relief

2007-08-23 Thread SamFeltus
SonomaSunshine runs well on Django now... http://samfeltus.com/django/DjangoSummer.html (Use flowers to navigate to 10 scenes, no preloader, ~6mb) SonomaSunshine, the Redneck Riviera's Best Python Powered Folk Art Server, makes it easy to generate Cartoonish backdrops for Flash movies in Django

Re: ANN: Satchmo 0.5 Release

2007-08-22 Thread SamFeltus
Keep at it, Python has needed a good online store forever. On Aug 22, 3:46 pm, "Chris Moffitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am very pleased to announce that release 0.5 of Satchmo is now available. > > Satchmo is an Open Source framework for creating unique and robust online > stores. It is dev

Re: Using Django to generate Flash/Flex content

2007-08-18 Thread SamFeltus
FWIW There is a greatly improved version up... It's a pre alpha version of a website to create/edit Flash movies... http://samfeltus.com/django/SonomaSunshine_v0.13_raw_for_django.tar.gz I'd be happy to spend some time on explaining/improving it if anyone ever found it interesting. --~--~---

Re: Using Django to generate Flash/Flex content

2007-08-15 Thread SamFeltus
It's up, in a raw pre-Alpha version with a simple tutorial. http://samfeltus.com/django/SonomaSunshine_v0.1_raw_for_django.tar.gz I'll be upgrading it again soon... --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Using Django to generate Flash/Flex content

2007-08-15 Thread SamFeltus
I'd be happy to put it up before midnight tonight Alabama time. I need to clean out the DB setts, images and such, and include a simple example... It will be on this page... http://samfeltus.com/site_index.html On Aug 15, 11:26 am, "Jon Atkinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anyways, it's j

Re: Using Django to generate Flash/Flex content

2007-08-15 Thread SamFeltus
"""You don't and you shouldn't compile flash on a request basis. """ I wasn't suggesting that. I was suggesting a tool to prebuild swfs in a browser (to supplement not replace the Flash/Flex tools, which require a large learning curve to do anything). Then, have a library of content (swfs, aud

Re: Using Django to generate Flash/Flex content

2007-08-14 Thread SamFeltus
I was thinking of A - D, for Django serving information for Flash also. But mainly I was thinking of... E. Compiling Flash content ahead of time with a Python web framework. Basically, creating a browser based environment to create content (supplementing, not replacing the Flash/Flex/etc tools).

Re: Using Django to generate Flash/Flex content

2007-08-14 Thread SamFeltus
"""I think there is a general reticence to move into this area, given Django's roots in web publishing, where HTML is the lowest common denominator. """ That is the point, when HTML is the lowest common denominator, a web application is limited. HTML is evolving at a snail's pace, whereas Flash

Re: Using Django to generate Flash/Flex content

2007-08-14 Thread SamFeltus
I don't understand why none of the major Python frameworks embrace Flash/Flex wholeheartedly, especially with innovations such as Papervision3D, which will happen in HTML when monkeys fly. Oh well... --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are

Re: Using Django to generate Flash/Flex content

2007-08-13 Thread SamFeltus
Or, am I missing something and it is a bad idea? I am curious what more experienced coders think? Sam the Gardener --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send

Using Django to generate Flash/Flex content

2007-08-13 Thread SamFeltus
I was wondering if there was any work on the web to use Django to generate Flash and Flex content, instead of HTML content? Flash is rapidly evolving into a more technologically advanced web display technology. HTML rules for text, but is pretty much useless for displaying other sorts of ideas

ANN: SonomaSunshine for Django v0.01

2007-08-02 Thread SamFeltus
Presented for your amusement, with source code for the first time!!! LOL The Redneck Riviera's Best Python Powered Folk Art Server... SonomaSunshine v0.01 for Django Django application for creating/editing Shiny/Happy Flash movies. http://samfeltus.com/django/hey_yall.html --~--~-~--

Silly Shiny Flash on Django

2007-07-31 Thread SamFeltus
I just started porting SonomaSunshine to Django, LOL!!! Here is the first Hey Ya'll (aka Hello World) page... Uses the MXMLC compiler and Django to create and edit the SWF. The Django version is going to integrate Papervision3D stuff into SonomaSunshine... http://samfeltus.com/django/hey_yall.

Re: is there any host servers that supports Django based sites?

2007-07-16 Thread SamFeltus
Web Faction works great and is very affordable, FWIW On Jul 16, 4:51 pm, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thank you all for helping me understand the 'Django-way'. > > after many indecisions, I decided to leave Django and keep working > with PHP > I'm really disappointed that I had to make

Django and ActionScript 3 Templates

2007-07-16 Thread SamFeltus
I was wondering if anyone had used Django to generate ActionScript for the MXMLC compiler? I have been tinkered with using TurboGears to create/edit Flash movies. Here is an example of the ongoing comical experiment... http://samfeltus.com/as3/mardi_gras.html I'm considering writing some gene