Re: idea: deploy static files on github pages CDN

2014-07-18 Thread Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]
I'm curious, why would you put your static web app files on Github Pages? This is not just inconvenient (due to the way it works, lack of cache control etc), but is also quite a blatant abuse of their service. If you're looking for a CDN, why not just put Cloudflare in front of your sites? Cal O

Re: idea: deploy static files on github pages CDN

2014-07-18 Thread Alejandro Perez
I was just thinking about some free place where to put all my static files out of my server.. It would be wonderful if this works in a production server, maybe something with nginx and uwsgi.. Did you try that? Thanks for this tip! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

idea: deploy static files on github pages CDN

2014-07-17 Thread cmawebsite
I had an idea today that I wanted to share, if anyone finds it helpful or has feedback. ./manage.py collectstatic cd $STATIC_ROOT rm -rf .git/ # optionally don't keep history git init . git add . git commit -m"static files" git push -f g...@github.com:username/yourrepo master:gh-pages then set