#django

i get NoMethodError

any pointers please

devsundar: i think we will need more information. can you dpaste a stack trace?

seanbrant: dpaste link http://dpaste.com/778880/

seanbrant: code is here: http://dpaste.com/778882/

i do not see any obvious mistakes

devsundar: while i do know ruby this is a django group

oops

devsundar: :)

i am n wrong room :P

Sorry

how do I create a FileField from a downloaded file?

Hi, I installed django_markdown and followed the instructions for flatpages. The textarea has been modified in the admin but the text is not formatted when displayed

I didn't find anything in the doc http://packages.python.org/django-markdown/

hi there, is anyone here familiar with elementtree module ?

is there a way to pass request to a form in an inlineformset_factory?

nevermind, got my answer

v0lksman: you have to make the Form accept the request

Is there a best practice for starting a django project? Every place I look is different, or some mention virtualenv and some don't (the first django app tutorial, for example). Is there like a definitive guide to follow?

And then there's lots of old info, too

bahamas: the form is ready to accept request...but I don't know how to pass request to the inlineformset_factory or the form being used by the factory

doughj3: I not very experienced, but it seems you can relly on apt if you use a very up-to-date O.S. like debian sid. Otherwise its best to use virtualenv to get the latest software

doughj3: not sure of docs but IMO best practise is use virtualenv and install all your modules in your env...it makes testing new releases a breeze.

v0lksman: i just see things like this (http://www.jeffknupp.com/blog/2012/02/09/starti...) and then this (https://gist.github.com/2596149), and I see they're similar but different, and there are many many other posts like this out there

doughj3: follow the jeffknupp doc

well. that's closer to how I do things. ymmv

usually do you have one virtualenv for each project or on virtualenv for every project?

v0lksman: already having trouble following this doc

In the virtualenv, it seems to tell me django is already installed (I'm assuming thats the system django I installed with apt)

lacrymology: Downloaded like ?

time to dive into the templates of django

I love using django, I just hate setting it up and deploying it.

lacrymology: Tried this one: http://chris.improbable.org/2010/01/26/django-r... (just change image to File)

in a virtualenv, what should `which pip` show?

I'd assume ./env/bin/pip right?

I might be thinking too much into this, but I notice that a lot of tutorials start off with making a project called something like mysite etc.. etc.. what's the general rule of thumb here for project names or does it not matter? Because with in the project there are several apps that may have the actual apps name or something

anyone here using one of the model translation apps? I'm looking for a recommendation between django-modeltranslation, django-hvad, transifex, and django-transmeta.

Looks like I needed --no-site-packages

doughj3: thats by default now.

must have an outdated version.

mattmcc: GrahamDumpleton : hey, just to follow up on yesterdays problem...the line that fixed everythin was: ProxyPass /media/ !

joseph:~$ virtualenv --version

1.4.9

^ in case anyone else ever needs to use apache (instead of nginx) to proxy pass to gunicorn

doughj3: virtualenv --version

1.7.1.2

mattmcc: GrahamDumpleton if i was able to use nginx this would be done in like 5 seconds..instead i lost 2 days XD but atleast i learned something

I need to get off mint 11.

doughj3: get debian man

mercutio22: I run debian on my servers, but not as my workstation

doughj3: too bad

doughj3: why not?

haven't used mint though.....can't say that i care to

deni: I find mint to be extremely "usable"

I was a windows guy for 90% of my life- mint is aesthetic and I dont find myself fighting with the OS when I need to do something

I havent tried debian with a gui in some years, though

Maybe I'll give it another look

See if I can get it running with MATE and the mintmenu

debain was the first linux distro that really worked well for me....but that was like 9 year ago i think XD

Mint also comes ready to do things- browser, java, flash, all set up.

but i have to say i've stuck with ubuntu for about 7 years

Every time I tried ubuntu I couldn't stand it

it just works...don't feel the need to change it. debian is on the server

Stupid things like the window buttons being on the top left ,not top right, or the menu bar being on the top (not the bottom, or even *and* on the bottom)

I know it's all things you can change

but I prefer to just get to work

doughj3: that's just a simple theme change :D .... most of the people complain about unity. but that also one apt-get away from change

*shrugs*

whats the best way to set date of datetimefield to a static one for example say 1-1-2012, and don't ask for date in the form. I tried using TimeField but it does not response django time zones

it works for me

yeah I havent tried it since unity, but from what I've seen I'm not impressed

jita: set it in save() ?

jita: fwiw, timezone support seems to need quite some polishing..

doughj3: stick to what you feel comfortable with.... that's the best thing you can do...

signals are awesome!

Yep. That's the beauty of choice :]

nkuttler: can't he just set a default in the model? or better yes in the form?

FunkyBob: I was a fool for not listening to you in the beginning!

Z_A_M: sure they are!

nkuttler, maybe i can append the date string with cleaned data ?

deni: oh right, that could work

signals are amazing

Z_A_M, NOT listening to FB is a foolish decision 99% of the time

you what else is amazing? beer :D

It took me a little time to figure them out bc the documentation is not the best.

deni, absolutely :P

So, am I crazy, or with django 1.4's new dir structure, and a venv on top, i get paths like /home/joe/ProjectName/ProjectName/ProjectName ?

the first for the venv, the second for the project which has manage.py in it, and the last with settings.py et al

pjs: I was just stubborn and wanted to see if I could do it manually. But I realized that the state I was trying to get data from didn't exist.

pjs: Well FB helped me realize it :)

Z_A_M: the docs might lack some stuff, but I'm yet to see some docs that don't, and django's about the very best I've seen yet

doughj3 it should be /ProjectName/ProjectName/

doughj3, I create my venv in the project root (where manage.py is)..

Ah, ok

lacrymology: i whole heartedly agree about the docs...best i've seen

so you start the project

and then make the venv?

Yup

But dont you install django in the venv?

Yea

can I get a hand with FileFields? I've got a FileField(blank=True, null=True), and I want to save a file to it later, and I'm having issues with that

label is the name of the field