On Monday, October 23, 2017 at 8:00:29 PM UTC-7, Joe wrote: > > Hi Anthony, > > My file structure on pythonanywhere looks like this: > > > /home/username/web2py/applications/my_app_directory/applications/init > > *init* being the app name. > > >
The book doesn't mention using extra levels of directories when discussing PythonAnywhere deployment (chapter 13). Perhaps they are confusing the routing code when applying the "hide the app+controller" rules. In the web2py directory, I have a routes.py file which contains this code: > > > > > routers = dict( > > > > BASE = dict( > > default_application='init' > > ), > > init = dict( > > default_controller='default', > > default_function='index', > > functions=['call', 'download', 'index', 'user'] > > ) > > ) > > > > So, the web2py directory contains an application directory which contains > all my app directories. Then, all the app directories also have an > application directory which contains the app, *named init*. > > > > I am not so sure if this is the optimal structure. Is it? > > Are you doing this for source control reasons? I would instead consider using just the normal level of directories. If you're dealing with multiple repositories, than maybe an ln -s might help flatten web2py's view while keeping trees separate, but I would try without it . > > In any case, I used the button on the pythonanywhere *Web* tab to *Reload > www.myapp.com <http://www.myapp.com>*. And, nothing changed. > > > > I would love to resolve this, and find out what's wrong. > > > Thanks again for all your help. > > > Cheers, > > > Joe > > > /dps > > > On Sunday, October 15, 2017 at 10:07:51 PM UTC+8, Anthony wrote: >> >> On Friday, October 13, 2017 at 7:22:42 PM UTC-4, Joe wrote: >>> >>> Hi Dave, I have reloaded the apps in web2py if that's what you mean. I >>> can't restart web2py, I can only reload the apps, I guess. >>> Is there an other way on pythonanywhere? I mean, restarting web2py >>> instead of reloading the apps? >>> >>> *Re: robots.txt* >>> If I put robots.txt in my static folder the URL will still have to be >>> *mysite.com/init/static/robots.txt >>> <http://mysite.com/init/static/robots.txt>* to reach it- this is the >>> issue I am trying to solve - I am trying have *mysite.com/robots.txt >>> <http://mysite.com/robots.txt>* >>> >> >> Are you sure you have created /web2py/routes.py as described above and >> either reloaded the routes via the button in the web2py admin app or >> reloaded the web app via the PythonAnywhere "Web" tab? Note that routes.py >> must be in the root /web2py folder. >> >> Anthony >> > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
