Django screencast
Updated Feb 19 at 05:45 CDT (first posted Jul 10 at 08:43 CDT) by Remi in Django, Help, Python, Screencast - 15 comment(s)
Thanks to Ian Holsman, we have a screencast showing how to install a real-life Django application on our servers. Check it out here.
15 comments:
Kenny Parnell said on 2006-08-14 01:07:00:
Thanks.It's great to see someone doing some screen cast for Django.
David Sissitka said on 2006-09-18 19:55:29:
If you deploy a Django application in any directory but "/" you're going to have problems with the administrative interface. If, for example, you've got a Django application under "/django" and the administrative interface under "/django/admin" you'll notice that the log in form submits to "/admin" instead of "/django/admin". For some reason or another it is leaving off "/django" (The directory that you set in WebFaction's control panel.), maybe it's a bug in Django, maybe it's a bug in WebFaction's control panel, either way here is a solution:Copy "login.html" from "/home2/iaihmb/lib/python2.4/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin", place it in one of your template directories and add the missing prefix (In this case "/django".) before "{{ app_path }}". Don't forget to replace your "iaihmb" with your username.
David Sissitka said on 2006-09-18 20:01:53:
I forgot to mention, when you copy the template place it in an "admin" directory under one of your template directories.
Warren said on 2007-01-14 12:19:39:
Hi!I am also happy with this screencast idea!
However, I just tried the Django screencast and I end up with an icon of a broken quicktime frame. Is the screencast not working? (or is it me?)
Thanks!
-Warren
mrben said on 2007-06-01 09:12:33:
Seems to be broken here now too - I've watched it in the past, but can't any more.
David Sissitka said on 2007-06-01 09:26:55:
Has the speed of your internet connection been decreased lately? It's still working for me, I wonder if your download is timing out.
Deepak said on 2007-06-11 12:44:05:
Hey, Please add this video on youtube!
pablo said on 2007-08-13 12:36:22:
Great! I'll have a look at it since I'm new here :)
jd said on 2007-11-13 13:03:41:
I am planning to create a Django site on webfaction. However:
I have been unable to watch the django screencast in firefox with the quicktime plugin. The screencast just never starts. I just see the quicktime icon but nothing happens.
I downloaded the django-screencast.mov (39.8 MB) file. Quicktime cannot play the mov and gives the error message:
Quicktime 5.02
Couldn't open the file "django-screencast.mov" because a bad public movie atom was found in the movie.
Is there some othe website where I can see the screencast?
David Sissitka said on 2007-11-13 17:52:18:
I'm afraid not, it seems this is a common QuickTime bug with no apparent fix. Perhaps you can try watching the screencast on another computer?It's worth mentioning that there are a few posts in our forum which explain how to deploy a Django project. :)
Andy Terrel said on 2007-12-02 18:26:41:
David:Thanks for the comment about the login page. I wanted to mention that I also had to apply the fix to the base.html template, because the documentation, change password, and logout links were broken at the top of the page. Its the same remedy, copy the base.html template file to the local template directory and put /django (or whatever) in front of the {% url(...) links in the correct spots.
michele said on 2007-12-25 19:12:29:
It's good screencast.The release of django is 0.95? In djangoproject there is a release 0.96.
When do you upgrade the release?
By Michele
Remi said on 2007-12-26 05:08:08:
> The release of django is 0.95? In > djangoproject there is a release 0.96.
> When do you upgrade the release?
We add new Django releases to our one-click installer as soon as they're released.
However, we don't update the screencast every time because it's a lot of work...
Remi.
Vince B said on 2008-03-29 17:37:28:
Is there another file (in addition to login.html) that needs to be copied over and have {{ app_path }} changed - I ask because under admin 'save and add another' leads me to the improper directory.You've to make quite a few changes to get Django's admin to work when Django's not available at /. Perhaps a middleware or mod_rewrite solution will work for you? If not, for your sanity you'd probably be better off using http://django.example.com/ instead of http://www.example.com/django/.
I'm surprised this problem still isn't fixed...