For those not following along, I’ve been recreating LinuxLaboratory.org using Django. It’s my first Django project that you could call “real work”. I’ve been using the Django documentation, various blogs, and the 2nd edition of “Practical Django Projects”, which has given me a lot of ideas, and a lot of actual code. Some of it…
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How To Get Firefox to Recognize Your Site’s RSS Feed
I just implemented an RSS feed in one of my sites the other day, and realized that visiting my site in Firefox did *not* result in the little blue feed icon showing up in the address bar area. Turns out it’s not so automagic. You need to do stuff to make it happen. To get…
The Neverending Search for “Free” Wi-Fi
So, I’m a freelancer. I work a lot on remote machines as a system administrator, a troubleshooter of LAMP stacks and web applications, etc. I also do a little bit of web development (but not design. I’m a horrible designer). I work from home a lot. I used to work outside of the home a…
My Django Project Update: RSS Feed, “Home” Link, and more.
In continuing the rebuild of LinuxLaboratory.org using Django, I’m happy to say that things have moved fairly smoothly. I’m using a good mix at this point of stuff from the 2nd edition of “Practical Django Projects”, the Django documentation, blog posts, and docs from other apps I’m making use of. RSS I said in one…
Django, Pygments, Templates, Code Sharing, and Design
Welcome to the latest update! I spent a total of about an hour on the “Social Code Sharing” application in the 2nd edition of “Practical Django Projects”, and I’m not completely finished with it, but I’ve got syntax highlighting and the basics covered. I can add, edit, and delete snippets, list snippets, and show a…
Django RSS Feed Finally Working
Ok, so now LinuxLaboratory has the following features working: comments (along with comment moderation and akismet support), a WYSIWYG editor for my posts markdown support for comments email notification of errors and new comments a full-blown administration interface that lets me deal with any apps, users, or content on my site, some cheesy CSS (hey,…
LinuxLaboratory => Django – Now with Comments, Akismet, and 404.html
I stayed up a little late last night, because I wanted to get comments working on Linuxlaboratory.org. Comments *are* working, and I *do* get email notification of new comments, which is nice. Akismet is installed, and is no longer throwing errors, but to be honest, I’m not quite sure how to test it. I tried…
“Practial Django Projects”, Custom Template Tags, and Updates on LinuxLaboratory
Hi all, If you’ve not been following along, I’ve picked up the 2nd edition of Practical Django Projects, and am using it to help me reinvent LinuxLaboratory.org (LLO). Though LLO is really a documentation site where I republish articles I’ve written for Linux.com, O’Reilly, and others over the past 10 years, I started out by…
You Might Be a Freelancer…
If you’ve ever used your lunch hour to vacuum your pool… If you’ve ever discounted your rate to work on something really cool… If your spouse has ever complained about the mountain of receipts in the basement… If you work 8 hours a day… and 3-5 hours a night… If you’ve ever spent an entire…
LinuxLaboratory.org Django Update
Hi all, So, I’ve begun down the road of reinventing LinuxLaboratory.org using Django. For the moment, I’m mostly starting out using the blog application from the newly released second edition of “Practical Django Projects”, and there’s no CSS or fancy design going on yet, but I have a nice admin interface for creating posts, managing…