Archive for May, 2006

Serving static files in Django (in development mode)

Published by yiyang on May 28, 2006 under Django, Javascript

I got stuck today while I was trying to have the javascripts running with Django.After reading Django document: How to serve static files , I finally figure out the step by step procedure:

step 1.

put this in urls.py

r'^site_media/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', {'document_root': '/path/to/media'}),


so now the file /path/to/media/js/myscript.js will be made available at the URL /site_media/js/myscript.js.


step 2.


In the template file, change the javascript directive line to  <script src=”/site_media/js/myscript.js” type=”text/javascript”></script>


That’s it.However,there is a “big, fat disclaimer” in the document which said ”


Using this method is inefficient and insecure. Do not use this in a production setting. Use this only for development.


For information on serving static files in an Apache production environment, see the Django mod_python documentation.” … I think I need to spend some time on this topic  in the future.



    

    
  

    

    
 
      Setting up Django in Dreamhost       

     
Published by yiyang on May 14, 2006 		
		under Django,  Python		
		     

    

      
Jeff Croft wrote up a very good tutorial showing how to setup Django application in Dreamhost. For those who are already familiar with settiong up a subdomain and creating a MySQL database in Dreamhost, the subsections to notice are:


1. Set environrmnt variables  in ~/.bash_profile:


export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/path/to/django/bin
export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$HOME/path/to/django_src:$HOME/path/to/django_projects
export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=myproject1.settings:myproject2.setting


2.Install and configure FastCGI


3.Set up mod_rewrite


4.Install Django’s built-in administrative interface