[web2py] Re: [web2py:31163] Re: Custom form builder appliance?

On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:08:57 -0700 (PDT) mdipierro wrote: > No but it would be really nice. If done right the same code would be > use to build tables (models) and forms. I know it's an old thread, but I hope you won't mind... Playing with Instant Press in order to move my 1st site from PHP CMS

[web2py] Re: mailing list and web2py apps

On Fri, 7 Oct 2011 09:23:18 -0300 Martín Mulone wrote: > I'm considering number eleven :P /me hopes it's just a good joke... Sincerely, Gour -- “In the material world, conceptions of good and bad are all mental speculations…” (Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu) http://atmarama.net | Hlapicina (Croati

[web2py] Re: mailing list and web2py apps

On Fri, 23 Sep 2011 05:22:43 -0300 Bruno Rocha wrote: > 2. Try to find some contact, forum, blog, discussion, repository if > the app For now I did: 2a. Create issue(s) on app's (Instant Press) tracker (bitbucket). ;) Sincerely, Gour p.s. Probably those issues are not so difficult to fix,

[web2py] Re: Would there be an advantage to having more discussion on Stackoverflow?

On Wed, 5 Oct 2011 17:17:32 -0700 (PDT) "James M." wrote: > There is alot of activity on this newsgroup, which can > make it challenging to find answers to previously asked questions... > signal to noise mismatch. Hmm...I'm total noob here and can easily select/filter threads that speaks about t

[web2py] Re: criticism of web2py

On Wed, 5 Oct 2011 10:46:01 -0700 (PDT) Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > We need to do this +1 When I asked in Django about some CMS, the answer was: build one your self!* * situation in the meantime has changed a bit and now there are some decentt * CMS engines like Django CMS, FeinCMS, Mezzani

[web2py] Re: criticism of web2py

On Wed, 5 Oct 2011 07:07:37 -0700 (PDT) Farsheed Ashouri wrote: > Just for test, use Django for a week and you'll be back to > Web2py soon than we expected and with headaches!! I tried it and now I'm here. > Every day, I am creating a new website for my clients. I just wonder if your client(s

[web2py] Re: criticism of web2py

On Tue, 4 Oct 2011 13:36:41 +0100 "Sebastian E. Ovide" wrote: Hiya Sebastian, > It is not just my personal opinion (or it is?) but doesn't matter how > long you will look for, you won't find the perfect/ultimate > language/framework. In ALL the tools that I've used in the past (and > present) I'v

[web2py] Re: really nice credit card processing service

On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:23:05 -0700 (PDT) Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > No. But they provide Python api and I think will will be better than > paypal, google checkout and authorize.net for most users. But it's avaialable only for US merchants. :-/ Sincerely, Gour -- “In the material world, conce

[web2py] Re: criticism of web2py

On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 08:57:06 -0700 (PDT) Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > Most of the criticism is fueled by stakeholders in other python > frameworks. Even if those are open source projects, they have > consulting based on their frameworks (and that is perfectly > reasonable) therefore when another fr

[web2py] Re: criticism of web2py

On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 10:04:19 +0200 (CEST) "Roberto De Ioris" wrote: > If you want an adivse, do not trust those kind of people. :-) > Whoever claim itself a technology-guy and has fear of diversity, or > 'non-ortodox' approaches should probably start looking in other > areas... /me fully agree

[web2py] criticism of web2py

Hello! I'm starting with python & web2py and yesterday visited Hello, I'm starting with Python & Web2Py and yesterday visited one python-related project channel where I mentioned web2py and as the consequence I was quickly advised to abandon it due to 'non-Pythonic' etc. This is not the first t

[web2py] Re: new web2py issue tracking app

On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:18:03 -0700 (PDT) Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > Please help me test it and suggest improvements: Do you think it could serve as replacement for Roundup tracker? I'm thinking to use Roundup for tracking patient's record and their history data (kind of EMR app)...it would be j

[web2py] mailing list and web2py apps

Hello! I'd not like to hijack this mailing list with the posts about issues with web2pyapps if it's not meant for that, so what is the lists' policy about it? Sincerely, Gour -- “In the material world, conceptions of good and bad are all mental speculations…” (Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu) http:/

[web2py] instant press: pingback support?

Hello! Does Instant Press have support for pingback? Sincerely, Gour -- “In the material world, conceptions of good and bad are all mental speculations…” (Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu) http://atmarama.net | Hlapicina (Croatia) | GPG: 52B5C810 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

[web2py] does markin support centered images?

Hello! I've started to play with Instant Press 2.0 and noticed that image cannot be centered on the page using markmin markup. It works with 'left' & 'right', but neither with 'center' nor 'centered'. Do I miss something? Sincerely, Gour -- “In the material world, conceptions of good and ba

[web2py] Re: markmin vs. reST

On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:37:45 -0700 (PDT) Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > Footnotes can be added easily > and sublists too. It is on the todo list. That's great. Thank you. btw, hearing that markmin is more powerful than markdown, maybe it should be renamed to MarkUp, or, at least, markmax. ;) Sinc

[web2py] Re: markmin vs. reST

On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 07:59:44 -0700 (PDT) Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > > Our goals were: > - simpler then reST, similar to Markdown but more powerful That's good one...I like markdown as well. > - extensible Any more info about it? Do you find markmin semantically rich-enough for writing books

[web2py] markmin vs. reST

Hello! I see that markmin is kind of 'standard' markup supported in web2py, but I use reST markup and lot (even submitted feature request to Instant Press to support it), but I wonder how does markmin, in general, compare with reST? I noticed that there is no support for footnotes, tables look pr

[web2py] Re: Instant Press 2.0

On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:54:35 +0200 Johann Spies wrote: > Thanks for making this available. I have tried it out, but I could > not log in as admin because some characters of initial the password > appeared as blocks on my browser (Firefox 5.0). I will try on another > computer with a different l

[web2py] Re: Instant Press 2.0

On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:33:35 -0300 Martín Mulone wrote: > CKeditor as a default editor not for now. But let me think if we can > add as optional. CKeditor is heavy, slow, too much. > The editor included is fast lightweight, and support multiples markup > languages. I included textile support b

[web2py] Re: Instant Press 2.0

On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:17:44 -0700 (PDT) Anthony wrote: > I think Instant Press 1.0 included CKEditor -- have you thought about > offering that as an option in Instant Press 2.0 as well? Although it would be nice to have CKEditor included, I wonder about different markup support? On video I se

[web2py] Re: Instant Press 2.0

On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:04:48 -0300 Martín Mulone wrote: > I decide to release a new version of instant press: version > 2.0, > many changes from the original version 1.0. I think I rewrite almost > everything, now is based on the work of

[web2py] Re: preparing for 1.99.1

On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:21:39 -0700 (PDT) Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > There is huge list of new features already in trunk that will be > included in 1.99.1 [...] > I am forgetting something important? Am I forgetting to acknowledge > your contribution? What about the docs/book? Will everything

[web2py] Re: billing app

On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:07:30 +0300 Kenneth Lundström wrote: > if you want a copy of the code I can send it, or if somebody else > wants a copy let me know. +1 gour at atmarama dot net Sincerely, Gour -- “In the material world, conceptions of good and bad are all mental speculations…” (Sr

[web2py] Re: billing app

On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:03:03 +0300 Kenneth Lundström wrote: > Now you can have a look at it at http://web2py.nudata.fi/em It's very nice, and based on brief overlook, it looks as capable as PHP's MyClientBase. :-) Sincerely, Gour -- “In the material world, conceptions of good and bad are al

[web2py] Re: billing app

On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:05:50 +0300 Kenneth Lundström wrote: > Hello Nikolai, > > I have created a simple billing application that contains customers, > products, hour tracker (simple) and receipt handling. > > If interested I could during the weekend put up a english version of > it (Well swed

[web2py] Re: new version of printed book?

On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 06:36:55 -0700 (PDT) Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > Hopefully by the end of september. OK. Thank you for the info. We'll be patient. ;) Sincerely, Gour -- “In the material world, conceptions of good and bad are all mental speculations…” (Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu) http://atma

[web2py] Re: new version of printed book?

On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:58:11 -0700 (PDT) Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > It is although the process is manual. You email me you purchase > receipt and I email you a link to the pdf book. I'd like to buy new printed edition and wonder when it will be available. Sincerely, Gour -- “In the material

[web2py] new version of printed book?

Hello! The end of the month is approaching and although we're busy doing some amanda backups in order to safely return back to (arch(linux, we're wondering what's with the new version of printed web2py book? Sincerely, Gour -- “In the material world, conceptions of good and bad are all mental

[web2py] Re: Memory problems on Webfaction

On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:42:39 +0200 Johann Spies wrote: > I have read mentions of nginx on this list but know about nothing > about it. Can this be done on Webfaction? How? Check forums...I'm not on Webafcation since quite some time, but, iirc, there was thread in the forums how to install it. P

[web2py] Re: Memory problems on Webfaction

On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:21:50 +0200 Johann Spies wrote: > I experience memory usage problems on Webfaction from time to time. > Even after doubling the initial configuration from 80Mb to 160Mb I > get messages like intermittently this from Webfaction: Install your own instance of nginx, Cherokee.

[web2py] Re: adopt an app!

On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:01:12 -0700 (PDT) pbreit wrote: > I'm hoping to work on ecommerce/cart/storefront, probably starting > from scratch and not using estore. But this should not discourage > anyone from also pursuing this app as I am not sure how far I will > get and when. I'm interested for

[web2py] Re: infoworld put web2py in the top of python frameworks

On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:56:35 -0700 (PDT) Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > :-) Congrats to Massimo and all other devs for such a godo score. Personally, I'm happy that I joined the right camp. :-) Sincerely, Gour -- “In the material world, conceptions of good and bad are all mental speculations…”

[web2py] Re: adopt an app!

On Tue, 9 Aug 2011 08:21:30 -0700 (PDT) Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > One for all. I do not expect too many responses. OK. I've created issue: http://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/detail?id=373 Sincerely, Gour -- “In the material world, conceptions of good and bad are all mental speculatio

[web2py] Re: what is web2py equivalent of django's reusable app

On Tue, 9 Aug 2011 11:00:30 -0500 Furqan Rauf wrote: > make much more sense, just to say in my word web2py is a house that > may have many windows and each window can be packaged into smaller > components like window glass, lock and frame etc? Why don't you start with rooms instead? ;) Sincere

[web2py] Re: adopt an app!

On Tue, 9 Aug 2011 07:50:26 -0700 (PDT) Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > Good idea. Would you like to open the issue? Else I can do it. I can do it...but do you think about one issue for all or one issue per app? Sincerely, Gour -- “In the material world, conceptions of good and bad are all menta

[web2py] Re: what is web2py equivalent of django's reusable app

On Tue, 9 Aug 2011 07:38:50 -0700 (PDT) Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > Some plugins define components (plugin_wiki does) and some do not. Interesting... > A component is a set of models/views/controller designed to work > together. > For example consider a web2py file "controllers/plugin_calculator

[web2py] Re: adopt an app!

On Tue, 9 Aug 2011 07:27:05 -0700 (PDT) Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > yes. I think the adopter should submit the app on google code which > does provide bug tracking. I was thinking to open issue at google code to track progress of adopted app until the 'appliances' page is cleared a bit which will

[web2py] Re: what is web2py equivalent of django's reusable app

On Tue, 9 Aug 2011 07:13:33 -0700 (PDT) Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > One web2py installation can contain many apps (what web2py calls an > app is what django calls a project) and different apps share nothing > by default. A reusable subset of a web2py app is what we call a web2py > plugin. (loosely

[web2py] Re: adopt an app!

On Tue, 9 Aug 2011 06:53:00 -0700 (PDT) Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > There are many old applications in http://web2py.com/appliances some > are current, come are old, some are crap. > > I encourage users to adopt an app: This is great idea!!! > - pick one > - download it and try it > - determine

[web2py] Re: web2py-piwik

On Tue, 9 Aug 2011 06:42:47 -0700 (PDT) Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > Not has good but we had these: > http://web2py.com/appliances/default/show/27 > http://web2py.com/appliances/default/show/14 > could use some work... Well, I thought about web2py-piwiki which would integrate Piwik in the appadmin

[web2py] Re: what is web2py equivalent of django's reusable app

On Tue, 9 Aug 2011 05:55:45 -0700 (PDT) Ross Peoples wrote: > I don't know anything about Django's reusable apps. I assume it means > that you can package an application up and give it to someone as a > plugin or appliance or something similar. "A reusable Django app, is an app that is easily p

[web2py] spam protection for web2py sites

Hello, What do you recommend and/or what is available for spam protection of blog comments & forms in web2py-based sites? I know there is Recaptcha, but wonder about stuff like Akismet/Tyepad/Mollon/... ? Sincerely, Gour -- “In the material world, conceptions of good and bad are all mental sp

[web2py] web2py-piwik

Hello, for my present PHP web sites I use Piwik (http://piwik.org/) - open source web analytics software. I also know about 'django-piwik' (https://github.com/francois2metz/Python-piwik) and wonder if there is something for web2py? I couldn't find anything and if there is nothing, what do you thi

[web2py] what is web2py equivalent of django's reusable app

More than two and half years ago I played with Django and became enamored by hearing high-selling points about (Django's) re-usable apps. However, real life was not so thrilling and I went back to PHP. iWhen I did return to Python/Django I experienced (again) apps which use the same reusable app (m

[web2py] Re: web2py repo format at LP

On Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:18:58 -0700 (PDT) Massimo Di Pierro wrote: Hello Massimo, > we use mostly mercurial and I have not put much attention into bzr. That's OK. Mercurial is nice, better (imho) than git and I've bzr-hg plugin installed. :-) > Can you tell he how to change format from 1 to 2?

[web2py] web2py repo format at LP

Hello! I've decided to use web2py for all my needs instead of Django...one of the first thing how I want to contribute is by some translation work and since I keep all my work under DVCS - bzr is my preferred DVCS (after spending several years with darcs) over git & hg - I went to pull web2py bran

[web2py] Re: Deployment Confusion

On Mon, 8 Aug 2011 02:50:10 -0700 (PDT) Marcel Luethi wrote: Hello Marcel, > As a current customer of djangohosting.ch I'm interested to know how > you did the web2py setup. I haven't yet...probably in a few days. However, it should be pretty same as with Django+uwsgi setup, iow, create local

[web2py] Re: plugin_wiki & PowerPack

On Sun, 7 Aug 2011 11:01:53 -0700 (PDT) Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > No but there should be. :-( Let's hope there will be. Sincerely, Gour -- “In the material world, conceptions of good and bad are all mental speculations…” (Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu) http://atmarama.net | Hlapicina (Croatia)

[web2py] Re: deploying few web2py sites

On Sun, 7 Aug 2011 11:01:34 -0700 (PDT) Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > You can install one web2py and have as many apps under it as you like. > By default they have separate dbs and separate appadmins. They will > have one admin. Did I tell you that web2py is great!!! > I never run more than one we

[web2py] Re: deploying few web2py sites

On Sun, 07 Aug 2011 20:56:45 +0300 Kenneth Lundström wrote: > I think the usual way is to have one instance of web2py installed and > every application is in it's own folder in the applications folder. Good. > If you want to have a own domain name or sub domain name for each > application you

[web2py] plugin_wiki & PowerPack

Hello! I saw on devel list that the author is working on new PowerPack version and wonder what is the relationship between plugin_wiki & PowerPack? Are they supposed to complement each other, make one obsolete or redundant? Sincerely, Gour -- “In the material world, conceptions of good and

[web2py] deploying few web2py sites

Hello, I believe that we'll settle on Web2py (over Django) for our future web needs (moving from PHP to Python) and I'm not 100% clear how does deployment with Web2Py go...iow, does one install one instance of web2py and install specific app for each site, e.g. {app1,app2,app3} or it is required t

[web2py] Re: Deployment Confusion

On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:46:02 -0200 Bruno Rocha wrote: > AS I said,I know only two host options where you can simply put the > files there and everything runs without the need of configuration. > ['Google App Engine', 'webfaction'] I use djangohosting.ch (djangoeurope.com) for PHP sites, but soon

[web2py] Re: plugin_wiki fails - missing ABOUT file

On Sat, 6 Aug 2011 10:49:20 -0700 (PDT) Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > Looking at the path of the error. Something is wrong. I suspect you > installed the plugin as an application. Ahh...you're right. Excuse me for the noise - childhood illnesses. :-( Sincerely, Gour -- “In the material world, c

[web2py] Re: bg-bg.py (Bulgarian translation)

On Sat, 6 Aug 2011 10:11:17 -0700 (PDT) Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > Thank you Gour, > > create the translation file using admin and email it to me. OK. Thanks for the info. Sincerely, Gour -- “In the material world, conceptions of good and bad are all mental speculations…” (Sri Caitanya Maha

[web2py] plugin_wiki fails - missing ABOUT file

Hiya, I've tried to install plugin_wiki on web2py-1.98.2, but it fails: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/home/gour/www/web2py/gluon/restricted.py", line 192, in restricted exec ccode in environment File "/usr/home/gour/www/web2py/applications/admin/controlle

[web2py] Re: bg-bg.py (Bulgarian translation)

On Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:53:24 -0700 (PDT) mdipierro wrote: > Please email to me as an attachment. Thanks. If I'd like to provide translation of web2py into my native language, what is the recommended procedure to contribute? Sincerely, Gour -- “In the material world, conceptions of good and b

[web2py] Re: [w2py-dev] Someone interested in a simple CMS for web2py? - SimplrCMS

On Sat, 6 Aug 2011 00:27:57 -0300 Bruno Rocha wrote: > As a goal I want to create a database (cached) based, configurable > system, where has: > > *Pages * > *Blocks (custom and distributed)* > *Customized templates* > *Blog system* > *Auth & permissions* Cool...We'd need simple e-commerce on t

[web2py] Re: Trouble with components

On Fri, 5 Aug 2011 08:24:54 -0700 (PDT) G wrote: > As it is, the web2py book seems to assume a lot of familiarity with creating > web applications and less familiarity with Python. I imagine several people > like me are in the opposite situation. At the moment I'm on the verge of learning bout b

[web2py] Re: Do we need a Web2py micro-framework , or split web2py into multiple components ?

On Thu, 4 Aug 2011 20:46:01 -0700 (PDT) guruyaya wrote: > I have to say, the one thing I like about web2py, is the battaries > included approch of django, taken to it's max. The only thing you need > after downloading web2py exe, is a browser. Creating separate > components, does not work for me,

[web2py] Re: For Massimo: which version of book to buy?

On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:08:29 -0700 (PDT) Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > Possibly by the end of August. Thanks for the info. Same publisher? Sincerely, Gour -- “In the material world, conceptions of good and bad are all mental speculations…” (Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu) http://atmarama.net | Hlapic

[web2py] Re: web2py for freelance work

On Tue, 2 Aug 2011 22:49:16 -0700 (PDT) guruyaya wrote: > Now I acctually asked people on my interviews, why PHP, and > the most common answer was "we have wordpress / zend-cart / joomla / > drupal / some other system written in PHP we need extending, and we're > looking for someone that will ext

[web2py] CMS+blog+shop for web2py

Hello! I'd like to replace few of my PHP sites sites with Python technology in order to be able to tweak them according to our needs and we prefer Python for PHP. Basically, my needs are to have decent CMS+blog+shop which can be tweaked easily and, so far, I was looking at Django along with two p