#django

can i ask a noob question about settings.py and git?

Dont ask to ask, just ask

well i'm just learning, but when i clone a django git project there is no settings.py

Can you provid e alink?

its from the book i'm using to learn

when i run i'm getting the error: django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: The SECRET_KEY setting must not be empty.

trying to pull from django/conf i'm assuming cause there's no settings.py

hey guys new error, first time logging in to django admin. doing a tutorial so not sure why i got this error: attempt to write a readonly database

pooperific: The directory that your sqlite DB is in needs to be writeable.

shiet ok, I havent even messed with or setup any sqlite db. wonder where its located

my question is specific to this project but also in general with settings files.

so i can probably /alias it in mod wsgi config?

or do i just do a setenv for SECRET_KEY?

mattmcc: hey, so I sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/www/dtuts/dsite1/db.sqlite3, am able to login to my admin panel, but the format is not how its supposed to look

its very basic lik html, seems like its missing some styles or something

maybe I need to chown other db related files?

found my issue here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5537268/djan...

you didn't configure static?

FunkyBob: i dont know how the hell to config the media and static folders

I am now using django allauth for registration. Can any one here point me to any link of tutorial which will help me to create my own registration by using inbuilt django auth.

FunkyBob: i mean in my wsgi I have alias to my specific apps static folder, dont know how to use collect static

FunkyBob: and same thing for media folder, it does not exist in my project

omg django config sucks

this is where flask destroys django

?

your web server should be serving your static files

it's all documented in staticfiles and deployment

MEDIA_ROOT is where MEDIA_URL urls will be served from by your web server

STATIC_ROOT is the same for STATIC_URL... and is where "manage.py collectstatic" copies all the static assets into

Utal: do you want "users use email for logn, system sends validation email" approach to registration?

pooperific: so, unlike the rest of your project, both STATIC_ROOT and MEDIA_ROOT can liver under your web servers document root

Utal: if so -- http://musings.tinbrain.net/blog/2014/sep/21/re...

FunkyBob: Yes that what I am trying to do.I am also willing to intregate twillio.

Utal: whatever that is...

pooperific: how does flask handle static assets?

pooperific: and generated content, for that matter

twillio is an SMS (and maybe voice) gateway.

ah, I see

Neat.

FunkyBob: dont know but ive never had this much headache from trying to serve files holy sht

see heres what i mean, i configured static exactly from django docs

pooperific: Django supports local static files. So does Flask. Difference is the Django, in production, encourages you to serve static files via a cdn.

Django is big boy pants, you're dealing with a production level framework out of the box.

Local static files are supported while you develop your app, then you move on to a cdn when you hit production.

You should be doing the same thing in Flask as well, but it doesn't matter so much because Flask apps are a lot smaller and typically don't need all things that come with a larger framework like django.

Which is why its designed in that capacity.

I did exactly what the docs said

and it failed

unbelievable

how is that invalid syntax

First of all, take a moment to calm down. If you want to successfully troubleshoot problems, you need to keep your cool.

Keeps the conversation objective and useful this way.