Re: newbie: ImportError on module admin

2006-06-10 Thread planetshwoop
planetshwoop wrote: > Ramiro Morales wrote: > > brian, > > > > On 6/10/06, planetshwoop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'm trying to get my first app/project started on Django. I've created > > > my first model, but am unable to access the admin site. I continue to > > > get the e

calendar for blog app?

2006-06-10 Thread Steven Armstrong
Hi all Is anybody aware of a template tag or something that renders a calendar for a blogs sidebar? One of those things that shows the month of the blog entry you're currently looking at and the days are links to entries that where made on other days? cheers Steven --~--~-~--~~-

Re: How to override automatic plural names of models in admin interface

2006-06-10 Thread Adrian Holovaty
On 6/10/06, mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the admin interface index, an 's' is appended to the model name when > it is listed. This works for most object names. But now I have a model > by name 'country'. It is listed in the Admin index as 'countrys'. > > How do I override this behaviour?

How to override automatic plural names of models in admin interface

2006-06-10 Thread mohan
In the admin interface index, an 's' is appended to the model name when it is listed. This works for most object names. But now I have a model by name 'country'. It is listed in the Admin index as 'countrys'. How do I override this behaviour? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~

howto Django + lighttpd + Windows?

2006-06-10 Thread mamcxyz
I'm triying to use lighttpd for Windows, so I can test stuff localy and then upload to linux. I download the windows version of lighttpd : http://www.kevinworthington.com:8181/ I configure the thing this way: server.modules = ( "mod_rewrite", "mod_fastcgi" ) server.document-root = "F:/Proyecto

Re: TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS confusion

2006-06-10 Thread James Bennett
On 6/10/06, Todd O'Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a list of attributes for an HttpRequest object somewhere? http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/request_response/ -- "May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house." -- George Carlin --~--~-~--~

Re: TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS confusion

2006-06-10 Thread Todd O'Bryan
On Jun 10, 2006, at 12:32 PM, Luke Plant wrote: > > On Saturday 10 June 2006 16:40, Todd O'Bryan wrote: > >> so I'd like to add userinfo to the context by default. To do that, >> I've figured out that I need to add my own function to >> TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS, but I'm a little confused how t

Re: Creating a root object for a many-to-one relationship

2006-06-10 Thread James Bennett
On 6/10/06, Justin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I toyed with the idea of a custom Manager but wanted to see first if > Django already handled this scenerio "out of the box" and I was just > missing it. Yeah, Django covers it, you just need to add 'blank=True' as well; as Luke pointed out, 'null'

Re: Creating a root object for a many-to-one relationship

2006-06-10 Thread Justin
Yeah, what I have is: class Container(models.Model): parent = models.ForeignKey('self', null=True, related_name='child') I toyed with the idea of a custom Manager but wanted to see first if Django already handled this scenerio "out of the box" and I was just missing it. --~--~-~--~--

Re: Creating a root object for a many-to-one relationship

2006-06-10 Thread Luke Plant
On Saturday 10 June 2006 16:46, Todd O'Bryan wrote: > On Jun 10, 2006, at 11:41 AM, Justin wrote: > > I was following the Model Ex. 11 "Relating an object to itself, > > many-to-one" in an attempt to create nested containers. I'm running > > into the problem that at the start there is no parent f

Re: TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS confusion

2006-06-10 Thread Luke Plant
On Saturday 10 June 2006 16:40, Todd O'Bryan wrote: > so I'd like to add userinfo to the context by default. To do that, > I've figured out that I need to add my own function to > TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS, but I'm a little confused how to get the > currently logged in user so I can get the app

Re: Creating a root object for a many-to-one relationship

2006-06-10 Thread arthur debert
won't this work for you: class Node(Model): parent = ForeignKey('self', blank=True, null=True) ... rest of your model... then fetch it like Node.objects.filter(parent__isnull=True) if you are worried with the possibility of ending up with mode that one root node you could do either (bot

Re: Creating a root object for a many-to-one relationship

2006-06-10 Thread Todd O'Bryan
On Jun 10, 2006, at 11:41 AM, Justin wrote: > > I was following the Model Ex. 11 "Relating an object to itself, > many-to-one" in an attempt to create nested containers. I'm running > into the problem that at the start there is no parent for newly > created > objects to relate too. Is there a w

Re: Presenting information from an external system

2006-06-10 Thread Bill de hÓra
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I understand the suggestion and it does make sense, as do the other > that have been suggested. However, I am thinking about the following > issues: > > 1. The data that I am consuming (XML) is a pretty complex structure. I > want to convert it to a Python stru

Creating a root object for a many-to-one relationship

2006-06-10 Thread Justin
I was following the Model Ex. 11 "Relating an object to itself, many-to-one" in an attempt to create nested containers. I'm running into the problem that at the start there is no parent for newly created objects to relate too. Is there a way to handle this from the Model or do I need to just fire

TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS confusion

2006-06-10 Thread Todd O'Bryan
To recap, I have a UserInfo model that has User as a foreign key. I'm getting tired of {{ user.userinfo_set.all.0... }} so I'd like to add userinfo to the context by default. To do that, I've figured out that I need to add my own function to TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS, but I'm a little co

Re: Possibly new Django user questions

2006-06-10 Thread Luke Plant
On Saturday 10 June 2006 15:56, James Bennett wrote: > That actually won't work at all on current trunk, even if the model > definition is updated; 'replaces_module' isn' a part of Django > anymore so far as I know. > > I'd highly recommend a related model with edit_inline, and using the > AUTH_P

Re: OT: Password checker

2006-06-10 Thread Todd O'Bryan
On Jun 10, 2006, at 10:32 AM, Luke Plant wrote: > > On Saturday 10 June 2006 14:40, Todd O'Bryan wrote: >> What do people use to verify the strength of user passwords? Is there >> a Python library out there that's good? >> >> I've found python-crack, but that requires cracklib to be installed >>

Re: Possibly new Django user questions

2006-06-10 Thread James Bennett
On 6/10/06, Luke Plant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This sounds like you are really asking 'how *flexible* is Django?'. > With regards to adding fields, see: > http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/ExtendedUserModel That actually won't work at all on current trunk, even if the model definition is up

Re: MyFormWrapper.myfield works in {{}} but not {%%} ?

2006-06-10 Thread Luke Plant
On Wednesday 07 June 2006 12:12, mazurin wrote: > I am using limoudou's 'expr' tag, btw. > > In a template html file, why can I do this (very simplified > example): > > {{ form.somefield }} > > but not this: > > {% expr form.somefield as var %} > {{ var }} > > The 2nd

Re: Order by Model Method?

2006-06-10 Thread Luke Plant
On Monday 05 June 2006 20:51, HBTaylor wrote: > Since the method doesn't correspond to a column in a table, the > order_by() method doesn't work. I want to show all teams by > descending winning percentage in a "standings" view, but I'm not sure > what way to best accomplish this. I have ideas in

Re: OT: Password checker

2006-06-10 Thread Luke Plant
On Saturday 10 June 2006 14:40, Todd O'Bryan wrote: > What do people use to verify the strength of user passwords? Is there > a Python library out there that's good? > > I've found python-crack, but that requires cracklib to be installed > on the server and I'd prefer something self-contained. I

Re: When to use django.db.models.LazyDate() and when datetime.now()?

2006-06-10 Thread Rudolph
Thanks Luke, very nicely explained! Rudolph --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, s

Re: Extending User model after magic-removal

2006-06-10 Thread Luke Plant
On Friday 09 June 2006 18:02, Marcin Kaszynski wrote: > I just spent some time looking for a way to extend the User model in > a way that would allow me to: > > 1. add fields to the model itself, > 2. use the standard admin interface to edit them, > 3. keep changes to Django minimal and generic.

Re: When to use django.db.models.LazyDate() and when datetime.now()?

2006-06-10 Thread Luke Plant
On Friday 09 June 2006 13:35, Rudolph wrote: > Hi, > > I understand why we have the django.db.models.LazyDate(): it's to > make sure we get the datetime value at execution time and not at > "compile" time. The docs tell you to use it for "limit_choices_to", > but should I also use it when I want t

Re: newbie: ImportError on module admin

2006-06-10 Thread planetshwoop
Ramiro Morales wrote: > brian, > > On 6/10/06, planetshwoop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I'm trying to get my first app/project started on Django. I've created > > my first model, but am unable to access the admin site. I continue to > > get the error "ImportError at /admin/" "No modu

Re: newbie: ImportError on module admin

2006-06-10 Thread Ramiro Morales
brian, On 6/10/06, planetshwoop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm trying to get my first app/project started on Django. I've created > my first model, but am unable to access the admin site. I continue to > get the error "ImportError at /admin/" "No module named admin" > > My hunch is that I

Re: Possibly new Django user questions

2006-06-10 Thread Luke Plant
On Friday 09 June 2006 23:50, binjured wrote: > 1) How robust is Django? Take for instance the User class. Say I > wanted to add the field "favorite_color" and have it editable in the > admin interface and work with all applicable functions, is that > possible? What if I need to connect to a S

OT: Password checker

2006-06-10 Thread Todd O'Bryan
What do people use to verify the strength of user passwords? Is there a Python library out there that's good? I've found python-crack, but that requires cracklib to be installed on the server and I'd prefer something self-contained. TIA, Todd --~--~-~--~~~---~--~

newbie: ImportError on module admin

2006-06-10 Thread planetshwoop
I'm trying to get my first app/project started on Django. I've created my first model, but am unable to access the admin site. I continue to get the error "ImportError at /admin/" "No module named admin" My hunch is that I have some path misconfigured, since it sounds like python can't find th

Re: Development web server not serving css and admin files?

2006-06-10 Thread Guillermo Fernandez Castellanos
Oh! Actually, I had read some about the static files, but had not made the relation between that and serving css and images in development server. How silly of me! Thanks for the (boring and not so boring ;-) explanation, both were as useful. G On 6/10/06, Frankie Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Mod_python and Django - PROBLEM

2006-06-10 Thread Malcolm Tredinnick
On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 04:35 -0700, PythonistL wrote: > Malcom. > Thank you for help. > I followed > http://www.modpython.org/live/current/doc-html/inst-trouble.html > so i added to my httpd.conf > > > SetHandler mod_python > PythonHandler mod_python.testhandler > > > > but whe

Re: Mod_python and Django - PROBLEM

2006-06-10 Thread PythonistL
Malcom. Thank you for help. I followed http://www.modpython.org/live/current/doc-html/inst-trouble.html so i added to my httpd.conf SetHandler mod_python PythonHandler mod_python.testhandler but when I point my browser to the /mpinfo URL I will get Mod_python err

Re: Mod_python and Django - PROBLEM

2006-06-10 Thread Malcolm Tredinnick
On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 03:35 -0700, PythonistL wrote: > Simon, > On Apache > I use > Apache/2.0.55 (Trustix Secure Linux/Linux) > mod_python/3.2.8 > Python/2.3.5 > PHP/5.0.5 > mod_perl/2.0.0 Perl/v5.8.7 Since you are using mod_python 3.2.8, have you tried looking at the output of the helper descri

Re: Trouble blogging

2006-06-10 Thread Malcolm Tredinnick
On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 10:37 +, Giovanni Giorgi wrote: > Hi all, > I am building a small blog, based on the code of the wamber website. > I have a fuzzy problem: when I insert a new posting adding a 'slug' to > it, then I cannot search for it based on its slug name. > I am recieving a 'No post

Trouble blogging

2006-06-10 Thread Giovanni Giorgi
Hi all, I am building a small blog, based on the code of the wamber website. I have a fuzzy problem: when I insert a new posting adding a 'slug' to it, then I cannot search for it based on its slug name. I am recieving a 'No post found for' error. Sometimes it seems working, sometime I get an err

Re: Mod_python and Django - PROBLEM

2006-06-10 Thread PythonistL
Simon, On Apache I use Apache/2.0.55 (Trustix Secure Linux/Linux) mod_python/3.2.8 Python/2.3.5 PHP/5.0.5 mod_perl/2.0.0 Perl/v5.8.7 Do you think there can be a problem? Thank you for help regards, L --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are

Re: Mod_python and Django - PROBLEM

2006-06-10 Thread Simon Willison
On 10 Jun 2006, at 10:02, PythonistL wrote: > ImproperlyConfigured: Could not load database backend: No module named > _mysql. Is your DATABASE_ENGINE setting (currently, 'mysql') spelled > correctly? Available options are: 'ado_mssql', 'mysql', 'postgresql', > 'sqlite3' > > > but from Python sh

Re: Mod_python and Django - PROBLEM

2006-06-10 Thread PythonistL
My settings.py looks like this: # Django settings for mimiproject project. DEBUG =True TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG SESSION_COOKIE_AGE=259200 ADMINS = ( # ('Your Name', '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'), ) MANAGERS = ADMINS SERVER_EMAIL='[EMAIL PROTECTED]' DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL='[EMAIL PROTECTED]' EMAIL_HOST='loc

Re: Mod_python and Django - PROBLEM

2006-06-10 Thread PythonistL
Hello Michael, thank you for help.It solved that problem. But now it says File "/home/django_src/django/core/db/__init__.py", line 23, in ? raise ImproperlyConfigured, "Could not load database backend: %s. Is your DATABASE_ENGINE setting (currently, %r) spelled correctly? Available options a