Re: How about a Django apps public repository?

>> I'm the guy that started this thread and had pledged to take the lead >> on this. Ironically, I'm also the guy who started the recent thread >> "Why I'm giving up on Django". So for now, it looks like I'll be >> taking an indefinite hiatus from Django dev. > > just curious - did you indulge in

Re: How about a Django apps public repository?

Hi, I'm the guy that started this thread and had pledged to take the lead on this. Ironically, I'm also the guy who started the recent thread "Why I'm giving up on Django". So for now, it looks like I'll be taking an indefinite hiatus from Django dev. If someone wants to take this idea

Why I'm giving up on Django

Hi Guys, I just wanted to share with the community my personal experience with Django in the hopes that maybe some of my petty gripes might be somehow helpful. Before doing that, I have to thank everyone in the community for being so helpful and just so damn nice! Thanks so much to all

Re: How to pass object *and* subobjects to FormWrapper?

eManipulator(place_id) > 2. place = manipulator.original_object > 3. new_data = manipulator.flatten_data() > > nr. 3 has been changed in the docs recently: > see http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/forms/#using-the- > changemanipulator > > patrick > > >

How to pass object *and* subobjects to FormWrapper?

Using a custom manipulator, I'm trying to populate my form with existing data. But I can't get the data from the FK tables to show up. Here's a simplified example: Group name Member first_name last_name So let's say a Group can only have up to 6 members. And I have

Re: How to save parents and multiple children with single form?

Anyone? Please? My project is stalled until I learn how to do this and it's no where in the docs. I'm dead in the water until someone takes pity on me and explains how to do this. > Let's say I have a form called add-new-group.html that looks like > this: > > Group Name: __

How to save parents and multiple children with single form?

Let's say I have a form called add-new-group.html that looks like this: Group Name: __ Member 1 --> Name:___ Age: Member 2 --> Name:___ Age: Member 3 --> Name:___ Age: So when the form is saved, it needs to save the new group to the

Flakey file uploads in Safari

When submitting a simple form with just a name and a file, Safari hangs while submitting the form. If I click the submit button again, it usually works on the second or third click (totally inconsistent). In Camino, it submits every time flawlessly. What the FiretrUCK? Sean Code

Re: Has anyone run Django on a cpanel box (w/root access)

Right, rebuilding Apache 1.3 with mod_proxy looks like the only viable option at this point. I just wanted to see if anyone else had gone through this dilemma before and had some better ideas. Anyone? Django vs CPanel experience? :-) Sean On Sep 15, 2006, at 3:49 PM, Ian Holsman wrote:

Re: Rails/Django comparison synopsis

Hi Jeff, I defected to Django from Rails and so far I'm loving it. But it really depends on what you need to do. If you're creating a single monolithic application, Rails is pretty sweet. I did a giant invoicing/accounting application for an insurance company in Rails. It handles tens of

Re: How about a Django apps public repository?

apps contributions? Also, more thoughts on how you'd like to see this implemented would be much appreciated. How would you like this site to work? What features do we need at a minimum? Thanks! Sean On Sep 9, 2006, at 12:33 PM, Jeff Forcier wrote: > > Sean Schertell wrote: >>

Re: How about a Django apps public repository?

Funny how in a "room" full of web developers, lots of us have bandwidth and servers for hosting this stuff. ;-) But what about the actual stuff? So far we've got a couple people willing to contribute an app or two. And as I've said, I've got three I can put in to get started. I run a

Re: How about a Django apps public repository?

I'm willing to invest the time and bandwidth to get this thing off the ground. And it sounds like a lot of folks would be happy to have such a repository. But if we want to make it work, it has to have some content from the very beginning. So how many of you actually have code that you

Re: How about a Django apps public repository?

Very interesting points. Does anyone have any thoughts on using Google code hosting for this idea? Anyone know off the top of their heads whether or not we'd be able to create a Django "category" within Google or would it just sort of be lumped in with all the other Python stuff? Sean

Re: How about a Django apps public repository?

Hey thanks for all the positive feedback on this. It seems like lots of folks share my sentiments. That's nice :-) It would be really nice to hear the devs' thoughts on the subject. Adrian, Jacob, Simon? A penny for your thoughts? Ironically, the whole point of this idea is to avoid

How about a Django apps public repository?

I wonder how many of us are writing nearly identical apps at any given time. For example, I just hired a guy to write a really basic newsletter app for my project. Now I'm working on a fairly typical "upcoming events" schedule. And soon I'll be working on a simple photo gallery that makes

Re: Custom manipulators: How to associate a model?

Thanks so much for your help Ryan. Unfortunately though, I think I'm missing some crucial bits of detail here so I still have a couple basic questions: (1) Where should my custom manipulator code live? I would think it's in the view, since it really is view code after all. But maybe the

Custom manipulators: How to associate a model?

When writing custom manipulators, how do I associate my model with it? Using standard manipulators, I do something like this: manipulator = MyModel.AddManipulator() But for custom manipulators, I do something like this: manipulator = MyManipulator() So, if I later do a manipulator.save(), how

Re: How to use month/date/year menus for date?

> On 9/3/06, Jakub 'teodor' Krajniak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Sean Schertell wrote: >> (...) >>> The question is, how can I get those three menus to create a single >>> date object that plays nice with Django? >> >> I think that writ

Re: How to use month/date/year menus for date?

Thanks for the tips folks. I'm a little surprised that Django makes you work so hard to make such a totally standard form element (a date as three pulldown menus). Is there really no easier method? Sean On Sep 3, 2006, at 1:31 AM, Jakub 'teodor' Krajniak wrote: > > > Sean Schert

Re: How to use month/date/year menus for date?

Sorry, perhaps someone can clarify this for me -- or maybe I didn't ask my question very clearly. I have a model called Event. In that model, I have a line that looks like this: date = models.DateField() In my view, I'm using FormWrapper and that automatically makes a text field for the

How to use month/date/year menus for date?

Hi, My model has a date field in it and I want to collect that data in my form with a more traditional method than the default text field that the FormWrapper generates. I want to use three select menus with month/date/year pulldowns. What the best way to do this while keeping my model

Re: Advice for Rusty Python Programmer and New Django Consumer

I'm new to Python but not new to programming. I picked up this book recently and couldn't be happier: Beginning Python: http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Python-Novice/dp/159059519X/sr=8-4/ qid=1156946981/ref=pd_bbs_4/002-6713626-9604860?ie=UTF8 You said you're not new to Python but I wouldn't

Re: Multiple choice conditionals in templates?

Thank you! I did read the template docs but I missed that one. Works great! :-) Sean On Aug 30, 2006, at 6:30 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > > > On 30-Aug-06, at 2:45 PM, Sean Schertell wrote: > >> Obviously this doesn't work because you can't use "==" in templa

Multiple choice conditionals in templates?

How can I display different things in my template depending on the value of a single column in my database? For example: {% for e in events %} {% if e.status == '1' %}Buy Tickets{% endif %} {% if e.status == '2' %}SOLD OUT! {%

Re: Lost in the Admin section...

On Aug 23, 2006, at 5:32 PM, Reinhard Knobelspies wrote: Thanks for all your help so far everyone. So I'm still in search of answers to these questions: (2) The 24 hour clock widget doesn't work for me. This is a nightclub so shows are almost always listed as 7:00pm or 12:30am etc. (am/pm).

Lost in the Admin section...

Hi Guys, A few things I'm trying to figure out -- any pointers would be great! (1) My model includes an Event class. Events should be displayed using the date as their name. So the name of the event might be "August 25th, 2006". But if I add a def(self): __str__(self.date) to the class, I

Re: Admin section: Possible to integrate image manipulation?

I need. Sean On Aug 22, 2006, at 8:55 AM, Bryan Chow wrote: > > On 8/21/06, Sean Schertell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ... I need my client to be able to upload some images in >> the admin section, then have Python do some resizing >> and cropping behind

Admin section: Possible to integrate image manipulation?

I'm trying to decide whether to build my own admin section or use the free one. The thing is, I need my client to be able to upload some images in the admin section, then have Python do some resizing and cropping behind the scenes. Do I need to make my own admin section for this? Or is

Re: Easy template vars question

of variables there is the better way to go after all. Thanks for the tips. Sean On Aug 18, 2006, at 5:28 PM, Malcolm Tredinnick wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 12:14 +0900, Sean Schertell wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> Okay, so I got my little staticpages app working (thanks a

Easy template vars question

Hi folks, Okay, so I got my little staticpages app working (thanks adrian), and now I can happily throw sometemplate.html in my templates/ directory and I can view the page at mysite/sometemplate. Great! And it extends my base.html template too so all my header/footer stuff is DRY. Hooray!

Re: [Solved] Re: Django chokes on template blocks?

Thanks Malcom :-) On Aug 18, 2006, at 10:58 AM, Malcolm Tredinnick wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 09:51 +0900, Sean Schertell wrote: >> Yay!!! It works like magic! >> >> Would anyone be so kind as to reveal the mysteries of this "Context >> ()" f

[Solved] Re: Django chokes on template blocks?

at 8:34 AM, Adrian Holovaty wrote: > > On 8/17/06, Sean Schertell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> --- modulalib/views.py --- >> http://rafb.net/paste/results/fzWg1g26.html > > The problem is in the staticpages() function. Specifically, the > default value for the

Re: Django chokes on template blocks?

>> But django barfs up this error: >> - >> AttributeError at / >> 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'push' >> - > > Let's see the index template. :) Thanks jeremy, here's the index template: http://rafb.net/paste/results/X5LCeK54.html

Django chokes on template blocks?

Hi guys, I'm trying to get my first django project off the ground but I've hit snag that I can't seem to get around. I've made a base.html template and an index.html template that extends the base (pretty standard stuff I think). But django barfs up this error:

OT: Sort messages by thread in OS X Mail

Hey guys, I hope I'm not the only schmuck to arrive so late to the "sort by thread" party. If any of you folks have a "django" mailbox for this mailing list in OS X Mail and you haven't tried using the sort message by thread feature -- you're really missing out! Just select your django

Re: Yet another "directory sutructure" question

> > On Wed, 2006-08-16 at 08:56 +0900, Sean Schertell wrote: > [...] >> Here's the type of thing I'm after: >> >> shared_apps/ >> mysuperblog >> mysuperforum/ >> >> sites/ >> mysite1/ >> base/ >&g

Yet another "directory sutructure" question

I'm still not clear about the best way to organize my site directories. Can you kind folks please share your strategies? If possible, I'd like to keep my site bundled together -- I'm particularly allergic to the idea of storing all my sites templates off in a separate dir somewhere. To my

Re: Creating a "mostly static" site with Django -- dumb idea?

Wow! Ask and ye shall receive! TemplatePages is *precisely* what I was looking for :-) I can't wait to get to the office and try it out. Yay! Sean On Aug 16, 2006, at 6:33 AM, Bryan Chow wrote: > > On 8/15/06, Sean Schertell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'd really

Creating a "mostly static" site with Django -- dumb idea?

Hi guys, I mostly create pretty boring websites with little apps built-in. For example, a 6 to 10 page website full of static pages about a company, plus a couple of small apps -- maybe a blog or a custom photo gallery. I'm very excited about Django's approach toward keeping apps/

Re: Simple: How do you organize your directories?

Thanks guys! Very helpful tips :-) Sean On Jul 25, 2006, at 6:03 PM, Ivan Sagalaev wrote: > > Sean Schertell wrote: >> In the tutorial, it says to not keep your app in the document root >> for security reasons. Okay that makes sense. But what *does* go in >> the docum

Simple: How do you organize your directories?

In the tutorial, it says to not keep your app in the document root for security reasons. Okay that makes sense. But what *does* go in the document root? I generally like to do things like this this: projects/ foo.com/ application/ public/ bar.com/

Re: Any good Python book recommendations?

Thanks all, I'm leaning towards "Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional". The Amazon reviews sound right up my alley. Anyone had any experience with this one? Sean On Jul 23, 2006, at 3:11 PM, Alessandro Bottoni wrote: > > Sean Schertell ha scritto: >> An

Any good Python book recommendations?

Hi guys, I've downloaded Dive into Python and it looks good. But I need something I can read on the subway or in the bathtub. Something I can dog-ear and highlight -- a real book! Any recommendations? I'm brand new to Python and want to learn for use with Django. Thanks! Sean

Re: Is Django the framework I've been looking for?

Thanks everyone for your input. So far I'm really pleased with what I see. I'm gonna take Django for a test drive on a website project I'm about to start now and see how it goes -- but I do get the feeling I'm falling in love :-) The one thing I think I may miss about Rails most is Ruby.

Re: Is Django the framework I've been looking for?

Thanks so much for your reply Adrian! Can you also please comment a bit on how well Django works in a shared environment? > How about memory footprint? Can I run 100+ > Django sites on a shared server and expect smooth sailing? Thanks! Sean

Is Django the framework I've been looking for?

Greetings Djangoers, I'm thinking of defecting from the Ruby on Rails camp because I think Django may be more in line with what I want to do. If you have a couple minutes, could you please tell me if I'm on the right track? What I want to do === Basically, I want to