Re: [web2py] Re: web2py book on github

2012-09-01 Thread Andrew W
Does auth.wiki need to be included in the doco todo list ? If plugin_wiki is to be phased out does the Components chapter need updating to refer to auth.wiki? By the way, thanks for putting the book on github. A good lesson in itself for a documentation app (on my list) I need to add so

[web2py] Teaching web2py

2012-09-01 Thread Andrew W
I know some of you have taught, or presented web2py in classrooms/seminars. Massimo Now that version 2 is out, I am introducing web2py to my work colleagues who are a little green to python, and programming in general. Couldn't think of a better way to get them showing good results with a mi

[web2py] Re: need a simple wiki...

2012-09-02 Thread Andrew W
ing an updated page. Does you have to be in default/index to call auth.wiki() ? Do users have to log in to see the wiki pages ? The login screen comes up by default. I would like a wik page to come up by default. Thanks Andrew W > wiki media are embedded with @5/slug.jpg where 5 is

[web2py] Redirect to https (V 2.0.6)

2012-09-03 Thread Andrew W
In your web2py directory type in "touch NEWINSTALL" and then restart web2py. It recreates the file you need. It should be there, unless it was deleted. --

[web2py] Re: need a simple wiki...

2012-09-03 Thread Andrew W
I can create pages OK, but when I click on Edit, make some changes and then press Submit, the changes do not get displayed. The changes are still there if I open up the Edit screen again, but the html won't change. I've stopped and restarted rocket but the old html stays. I've tried on a few

[web2py] Re: need a simple wiki...

2012-09-03 Thread Andrew W
P.S. Menu changes work, in that the menu text gets updated, but the displayed menu text in the "content" area after I press submit still has the old text. On Tuesday, September 4, 2012 11:42:48 AM UTC+12, Andrew W wrote: > > I can create pages OK, but when I click on Edit, m

[web2py] Re: need a simple wiki...

2012-09-03 Thread Andrew W
nt updates - page.html is not getting updated when editing an existing page. Hope this helps. Not sure how to fix it though. Is it the SQLFORM call not triggering a compute of page.html? On Tuesday, September 4, 2012 11:47:03 AM UTC+12, Andrew W wrote: > > P.S. Menu changes work, in th

[web2py] Auth.wiki(). Issue with wiki_page.html compute

2012-09-04 Thread Andrew W
(Starting a new post for this issue, mentioned in thread of a "simple wiki") Issue: On edit of an existing page, the wiki_page.body is being updated correctly, but wiki_page.html does not change, it's compute function does not get called. I've added some print statements and markmin_render() (t

[web2py] Re: Auth.wiki(). Issue with wiki_page.html compute

2012-09-04 Thread Andrew W
Fixed in patch "fixed update with compute fields (again) and ecomponents in markmin" Thanks Massimo. On Wednesday, September 5, 2012 2:19:44 AM UTC+12, Andrew W wrote: > > (Starting a new post for this issue, mentioned in thread of a "simple > wiki") > > Is

[web2py] Re: Connecting to external databases

2012-09-06 Thread Andrew W
Don't forget to "migrate=False" if you go to external databases. --

[web2py] Ticket issued in Book Search

2012-09-06 Thread Andrew W
Type in auth.wiki in the book's search field. P.s. keen to learn more about auth.wiki. --

Re: [web2py] Re: static blog

2012-09-07 Thread Andrew W
Good work Martin, I was thinking of looking at the book app for the same purpose. I want to document some Disaster Recovery procedures, so I therefore also need to create a PDF version as well. Do you think the book app vs auth.wiki() is better (easier?) for generating PDFs.? So many choices

[web2py] Getting auth.wiki pages to display without login

2012-09-07 Thread Andrew W
Pasting in one of my urls into the browser, I always get a login screen. I haven't turned on permissions=True. Is there an extra step ?. --

[web2py] Re: Why would I use DIV classes/helpers, over an html template?

2012-09-07 Thread Andrew W
Good example Cliff. --

[web2py] Re: Getting auth.wiki pages to display without login

2012-09-07 Thread Andrew W
No I didn't. Only just found out about URL=True. Di I pass as a URL variable ? --

Re: [web2py] Re: static blog

2012-09-07 Thread Andrew W
Thanks. My intention is to make , and print, a PDF of the markmin content, just like the book. For disaster recovery doco, I want a hard copy. With the new book app, are you still planning to have available a PDF from the files? --

Re: [web2py] Re: static blog

2012-09-08 Thread Andrew W
Thanks. That would be great. On Saturday, September 8, 2012 8:31:16 AM UTC+12, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > > Yes. I will post the script soon. I need to fix it because I changed the > markmin syntax of links so my previous script broke. > > > On Friday, 7 September 2012 14:58:

[web2py] Re: Getting auth.wiki pages to display without login

2012-09-08 Thread Andrew W
The S comes from Welcome App's layout.html, line 80: s On Saturday, September 8, 2012 8:41:35 PM UTC+12, Andrew W wrote: > > Just Checking, were you logged in when you tried to open up the page ? > Just to clarify, if I'm logged in it will take me directly to the page -

[web2py] Re: How do I incorporate git into my web2py workflow?

2012-09-08 Thread Andrew W
I've noticed that on Windows with tortoiseHG installed, that web2py doesn't recognise it as a Mercurial Installation.I guess I have to install Mercurial separately, although I'm using it through TortoiseHG ? On Saturday, September 8, 2012 10:46:13 AM UTC+12, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > > One

Re: [web2py] Re: web2py book on github

2012-09-08 Thread Andrew W
I use TortoiseHG on Windows which I find quite simple to use, although sometimes I have to go back to the command line. I recommend it. In any case, the tar.gz should work. Are you getting an error ? On Saturday, September 8, 2012 7:47:38 AM UTC+12, ikdme wrote: > > Hello, > Please am a windows

[web2py] auth.wiki with style

2012-09-08 Thread Andrew W
auth.wiki is looking pretty good (for what I need it for). Sorry, but just can't wait for the doco to arrive. I want to create a doco site with a look and feel like http://hginit.com/01.html. Note the tags off to the left. This is done with hg init creates a repository http://hginit.com

Re: [web2py] Re: need a simple wiki...

2012-09-08 Thread Andrew W
Good point. On Sunday, September 9, 2012 8:44:32 AM UTC+12, Tito Garrido wrote: > > auth.wiki shouldn't include a WYSIWYG widget by default instead of a text > box? > > On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Andrew W > > wrote: > >> I've just done some tests o

[web2py] Re: Getting auth.wiki pages to display without login

2012-09-08 Thread Andrew W
blic field? If > so, did you tick it? > > > > On Saturday, September 8, 2012 9:41:35 AM UTC+1, Andrew W wrote: >> >> Just Checking, were you logged in when you tried to open up the page ? >> Just to clarify, if I'm logged in it will take me directly to

Re: [web2py] Re: need a simple wiki...

2012-09-09 Thread Andrew W
Thanks Massimo, I'm testing it out now. Does it support html helpers like H1("Hello") or {{ type python stuff here}} ? In another thread, the topic of WYSIWYG editors came up, but I think that was in relation to just doing Markmin text entry. Does a WYSIWYG editor make sense for render='h

[web2py] Re: Getting auth.wiki pages to display without login

2012-09-09 Thread Andrew W
I've looked for the magic is_public button, but I can't find it. On Sunday, September 9, 2012 3:57:28 AM UTC+12, villas wrote: > > Just a thought, but doesn't the wiki page have an is_public field? If > so, did you tick it? > > > > On Saturday, Septembe

Re: [web2py] Modelless app no longer works with web2py 2.0.x ???

2012-09-09 Thread Andrew W
Thanks Bruno for the comments, I have been looking into the modelless approach so it's interesting to read your views on the new lazy_tables feature.I think it is a lot simpler creating an app that follows the MVC structure out of the box, so the lazy option sounds like a great breakthrough

Re: [web2py] Modelless app no longer works with web2py 2.0.x ???

2012-09-09 Thread Andrew W
Excellent. Great explanation. On Monday, September 10, 2012 1:15:32 PM UTC+12, rochacbruno wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 9:27 PM, Andrew W > > wrote: > >> (although I still don't quite really understand what a lazy table is). > > > imagine you

[web2py] Re: Getting auth.wiki pages to display without login

2012-09-09 Thread Andrew W
private but the author > can choose the names of the groups who can read or write it. You can use > the "everybody" group to make it public. > > On Sunday, 9 September 2012 18:19:30 UTC-5, Andrew W wrote: >> >> I've looked for the magic is_public button, but I

Re: [web2py] Modelless app no longer works with web2py 2.0.x ???

2012-09-09 Thread Andrew W
Hi Bruno, I got the same error with movuca, which I downloaded today: File "D:\Mercurial\web2py\gluon\dal.py", line 7149, in __getattr__ if ogetattr(self,'_lazy_tables') and \ AttributeError: 'DataBase' object has no attribute '_lazy_tables' On Monday, September 10, 2012 7:24:15 AM UTC+1

Re: [web2py] Re: Web2py. for a minimalist app, it feels bloated. Do it I need it?

2012-09-11 Thread Andrew W
With its SQL http://code.google.com/p/orient/wiki/GraphDatabase#SQL it sounds like a candidate for a straight dal database adapter. A graph database sounds interesting.. --

Re: [web2py] Modelless app no longer works with web2py 2.0.x ???

2012-09-11 Thread Andrew W
Is anyone else using Movuca with web2py version 2.x experiencing this ? I downloaded the latest Movuca and I'm running web2py off trunk. On Monday, September 10, 2012 4:59:08 PM UTC+12, Andrew W wrote: > > Hi Bruno, > I got the same error with movuca, which I downloaded today

[web2py] Re: web2py default layout.html

2012-09-11 Thread Andrew W
missing some s for the first "span12"s ? On Wednesday, September 12, 2012 5:42:29 PM UTC+12, Annet wrote: > > Anthony is right, it's the span12 that's causing the problem. I had the > same problem, and solved it by following the bootstrap pattern more > strictly. > > > > > > >

Re: [web2py] Modelless app no longer works with web2py 2.0.x ???

2012-09-11 Thread Andrew W
Perfect ! Thanks for the quick response. I saw your solution above, but assumed that you had added it to github. All's Good. One more question please (which I asked on web2py slices): How to use auth.wiki with movuca. There was a web2pyslices post in relation to plugin_wiki, and I was won

[web2py] Re: comprehensive cheetsheet

2012-09-12 Thread Andrew W
Thankyou, an excellent resource. If I could suggest one more, and I'd be happy to attempt this. I don't know about others, but before I can make any sense of a page's layout and what other people are saying about css ids and classes (this happened with the menu bar), is that I have to draw a

Re: [web2py] Many-many options

2012-09-13 Thread Andrew W
Yes option 1 sounds right. Otherwise you're entering 4th normal form territory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_normal_form There may be many ways to do things in web2py, but you should still have a good database design. --

[web2py] Beginner trying to adapt the Chapter 11 ajax function 'echo' example

2012-09-13 Thread Andrew W
The book example is specifically talking about field names in a form. You have an id for a HTML element. Maybe it is field/form specific, in that it is getting the text from the specific named field. --

[web2py] Beginner trying to adapt the Chapter 11 ajax function 'echo' example

2012-09-13 Thread Andrew W
Not sure, but try adding the attribute name= to the element. --

Re: [web2py] LOAD Ajax

2012-09-13 Thread Andrew W
You don't use LOAD() in the page.load file, you use it to from another x.html file to load the page.load. Is that what you were doing? --

Re: [web2py] short term roadmap

2012-09-13 Thread Andrew W
Great idea, allowing a core set of options, and add your own as well. I've been meaning to have a look at Martin's bootstrap app, it would fit into this approach - Having more than one valid option/approach. On Friday, September 14, 2012 8:43:27 AM UTC+12, rochacbruno wrote: > > also it will nee

[web2py] Installing Windows Service (2.0.9 Win exe)

2012-09-13 Thread Andrew W
Having troubles installing web2py as a windows service. I'm running 2.0.9 windows exe.Note that I've never run it like this before until version 2.0.x. File "gluon/winservice.py", line 157, in web2py_windows_service_handler WindowsError: [Error 267] The directory name is invalid : 'E:\\ ...

[web2py] Re: Installing Windows Service (2.0.9 Win exe)

2012-09-16 Thread Andrew W
Done. 1011. --

[web2py] Re: Installing Windows Service (2.0.9 Win exe)

2012-09-16 Thread Andrew W
Thanks. Well it installs OK, but won't start - just times out. Found some inconsistencies in the book: *Deployment Recipes:* "In order to use web2py as a Windows service, you must create a file "options.py" with startup parameters" and one of the options mentioned "numthreads" appears in the

[web2py] Re: Installing Windows Service (2.0.9 Win exe)

2012-09-17 Thread Andrew W
I used the nightly build, I'll try the source version next. --

[web2py] Re: Installing Windows Service (2.0.9 Win exe)

2012-09-18 Thread Andrew W
Thanks Tim, Just confirming, you used the settings in options_std.py file in web2 py dir, not the ones shown in book. --

[web2py] InstantPress and web2py Version 2

2012-09-18 Thread Andrew W
Anyone using Instantpress with web2py V2.x ? I get this error when I click on Users icon on the panel: File "applications/instantpress/modules/plugins/users.py", line 135, in db.auth_user.username.represent = lambda value, row: status(value, row) File "applications/instantpress/modules/

[web2py] Re: InstantPress and web2py Version 2

2012-09-19 Thread Andrew W
FYI, I've also logged this on the project's bitbucket site: https://bitbucket.org/mulonemartin/instantpress/issue/12/error-clicking-on-users-menu-option In case you're using Instantpress, the issue is caused by a mismatch between the specified fields and then referencing a field that is not in

[web2py] auth.wiki deployment issue

2013-01-09 Thread Andrew W
Hi, I need some help please. I've just deployed my first auth.wiki app. I'll let you know what it is once it's working properly. I've deployed to HostGator using web2py 2.3.2 (and the posts in this forum on the subject were very helpful). Using render='markmin' Everything was looking good o

[web2py] Re: auth.wiki deployment issue

2013-01-09 Thread Andrew W
Projects On Thursday, January 10, 2013 8:19:23 AM UTC+13, Andrew W wrote: > > Hi, > I need some help please. I've just deployed my first auth.wiki app. > I'll let you know what it is once it's working properly. > > I've deployed to HostGator us

[web2py] Re: auth.wiki deployment issue

2013-01-09 Thread Andrew W
I'll answer my own questions :) : It's because the wiki page saves the body (user entered content) and the generated html separately. The html has not been regenerated. How do I get it to regenerate all of the pages after deployment in the new environment ? Thanks Andrew W O

[web2py] Re: auth.wiki deployment issue

2013-01-09 Thread Andrew W
and again: I edited each page and submitted. All OK.Just a little bit of a pain. It is only a one off task, but would a Submit All button be appropriate on the Manage Pages page ? On Thursday, January 10, 2013 8:42:34 AM UTC+13, Andrew W wrote: > > I'll answer my ow

[web2py] I don't get routes.py

2013-01-10 Thread Andrew W
re too. How do I do it ? P.S. If we mention Chapter numbers in the book, should we also include them on the chapter index ? Thanks Andrew W --

Re: [web2py] I don't get routes.py

2013-01-10 Thread Andrew W
Thankyou very much ! On Friday, January 11, 2013 8:18:11 AM UTC+13, Jonathan Lundell wrote: > > On 10 Jan 2013, at 11:04 AM, Andrew W > > wrote: > > Anyway, for my auth.wiki app, I don't want people to see this: > > http://www.myweb2pywebsite.com/init/default/i

[web2py] Re: I don't get routes.py

2013-01-10 Thread Andrew W
hony > > On Thursday, January 10, 2013 2:04:31 PM UTC-5, Andrew W wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Did we prune some content out of the book on this ? I'm sure there was >> more before. >> >> This is a line out of the Services chapter, talking about

Re: [web2py] Re: File generation using web2py

2013-01-10 Thread Andrew W
Hello Brian, Thanks very much for sharing your script. It works a treat and saved me a lot of time and confusion. Andrew On Wednesday, May 2, 2012 11:18:25 PM UTC+12, RAHUL PRIYADARSI wrote: > > Dear Mr.Brian, > Thank you very much for you reply. > " If you're worried about text alignment and

[web2py] Re: I don't get routes.py

2013-01-10 Thread Andrew W
I would like it to redirect and find my new page at (with full url) "mydomain.com/init/default/index/aboutus. It is not obvious (to me) after looking at router_example.py and the book. Do I need to use the pattern based approach for this ? thanks Andrew W On Friday, January 11, 2013 1

[web2py] Re: I don't get routes.py

2013-01-10 Thread Andrew W
Don't bother, I should have looked in routes_example.py too. Thanks. On Friday, January 11, 2013 4:13:39 PM UTC+13, Andrew W wrote: > > One more question if I may (I still don't get it): > > I am also replacing an existing website with a new web2py site. I'

[web2py] Re: request for fcgi users

2013-01-11 Thread Andrew W
I've tried touching and renaming the fcgi file but I can't see any changes. Either it hasn't picked up the changes, or I've done it wrong. Any way of knowing if routes.py has kicked in ? P.S. I'm running shared on HostGator, with no admin (ssl) access. Will killing all the fcgi running pr

[web2py] Re: I don't get routes.py

2013-01-11 Thread Andrew W
utes_app = ((r'/(?Padmin|init)\b.*', r'\g'), (r'(.*)', r'init'), (r'/?(.*)', r'init')) Do I need to put something in: BASE = '' # optonal prefix for incoming URLs such as the domain name ? If I fill in routes_app, do I then need to have a separate routes.py for each of the applications in their respective application folder ? Thanks Andrew W >>>>> --

[web2py] Re: wiki now partially documented

2013-01-12 Thread Andrew W
Great work. And if you want to see a deployed auth.wiki, go to: performancecomposites.co.nz There are still some routes.py and IE things to sort out, but it's working. Any one in need of a wheel for their racing yacht ? On Sunday, January 13, 2013 4:45:11 AM UTC+13, wwwgong wrote: > > Th

[web2py] Re: wiki now partially documented

2013-01-14 Thread Andrew W
Thanks default/index. The main page has a lot of tags like {{=auth.wiki('whatwedo')}} so that each subsection can be edited through the [Wiki] menu. The rest are straight one wiki page for each url. (except for Contact where I use a component. I would probably rejig the front page at some poi

Re: [web2py] Re: auth.wiki menu

2013-01-16 Thread Andrew W
I just tried something like this: if request.function != 'wiki': response.menu += Wiki(auth).menu(controller="default", function="wiki") On Wednesday, January 16, 2013 10:07:06 PM UTC+13, Paolo valleri wrote: > > Hi Alan, thank for the tip :-), it seems to work correctly. > The only issue is

[web2py] Re: looking for volunteers to help proof-read book 5th ed.

2013-01-25 Thread Andrew W
I won't get it done before Saturday, but here's one: replace the first "http://code.google.com/p/instant-press/"; with "https://github.com/rochacbruno/Movuca"; On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 1:29:25 AM UTC+13, dhmorgan wrote: > > Signed, I hope! > > I just downloaded diff and am looking forward to

[web2py] Re: EmberJS is the web2py of the client! :)

2013-04-03 Thread Andrew W
Would you use ember with web2py? Why? Is having two mvc frameworks at the same time too many? -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubs

[web2py] how to hide the [wiki] menu option in auth.wiki

2012-10-25 Thread Andrew W
the [wiki] menu option is good for the person maintaining the website, but shouldn't be seen by others (at least those not logged in) . How do I hide it for unauthorised users ? Any update on when the book will contain auth.wiki information ? I can see plugin_wiki still there. Thanks A

[web2py] Re: Error accessing users in Instant Press

2012-10-25 Thread Andrew W
I logged that one, and I emailed Martin with details of a fix. Hoping to here from him. On Sunday, September 30, 2012 5:47:22 AM UTC+13, Jimi wrote: > > Never mind, I see now it's been logged as an issue. > > On Sunday, September 23, 2012 11:17:49 AM UTC-4, Jimi wrote: >> >> >> New to web2py,

[web2py] Re: Instant Press CMS 2010?

2012-10-25 Thread Andrew W
You may be looking at the wrong version. There is one at https://bitbucket.org/mulonemartin/instantpress , last updated early 2012. You are probably looking at http://code.google.com/p/instant-press/. which I believe is the old version. Martin, could you remove the second one please (if it

[web2py] Is the Windows download meant to have a wsgihandler.py file

2012-10-25 Thread Andrew W
Trying to run the windows app with Apache, but it doesn't have the wsgihandler.py file. Can this version run with Apache, or do I need the source version. What should WSGIScriptAlias in the Apache conf file be set to ? --

[web2py] Re: how to hide the [wiki] menu option in auth.wiki

2012-10-26 Thread Andrew W
12 2:22:36 AM UTC+13, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > > I agree. Changed the behavior in trunk. > > On Thursday, 25 October 2012 03:44:08 UTC-5, Andrew W wrote: >> >> the [wiki] menu option is good for the person maintaining the website, >> but shouldn't be seen by o

[web2py] Re: Getting an error in auth.wiki()

2012-10-27 Thread Andrew W
Because you don't. ( at least I haven't had to)- Back to your first post, how did you create your first page because the URL you have there is not what web2y produces. It's working ok for me so far so if you could add some more detail as to how you did it and what you clicked. --

[web2py] Re: Getting an error in auth.wiki()

2012-10-28 Thread Andrew W
I can't step through it right now, but in step6 did you type in the name of your new page before pressing the button? You need to enter the name of the page, or "slug" before pressing Create from Slug. Maybe that is it, your page doesn't actually have a "slug". ( who came up with that name in t

[web2py] Re: Getting an error in auth.wiki()

2012-10-28 Thread Andrew W
ing > something wrong because there would be a lot of broken sites out there. Can > someone else test and let me know if I am being an idiot or confirm that > there is a problem. > > Thanks > Simon > > On Sunday, 28 October 2012 07:56:30 UTC, Andrew W wrote: >> >&

[web2py] Re: Getting an error in auth.wiki()

2012-10-28 Thread Andrew W
You're welcome, and I agree - doco is required to make any sense of it. I have gleamed what I know from various posts to this group. It does need to be combined and given a bit of context. I would like to do the same but am trying to get a little more understanding first (and time !). I guess

[web2py] Re: extending dal

2012-10-30 Thread Andrew W
Is it a web service interface to ebay what you are after, and storing some details locally ? If it is I'm not sure that extending the DAL is the right way to go. If you just want to interface to query ebay, look at http://developer.ebay.com/DevZone/shopping/docs/Concepts/ShoppingAPIGuide.html

[web2py] Re: MS SQL server

2012-11-05 Thread Andrew W
Yes, there are a lot of advantages, but if your legacy tables can't be changed ? Is it worth exploring The addition of PK support in forms and the grid? Not the most optimised solution, but one that you may have to do. --

[web2py] Re: how to hide the [wiki] menu option in auth.wiki

2012-11-06 Thread Andrew W
? I can post this to the developer group if more appropriate. Thanks. On Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:01:42 AM UTC+13, Andrew W wrote: > > Looking at the change, it looks like a non logged in person can still see > "[Wiki]". > Could I suggest that the append statement c

[web2py] Re: how to hide the [wiki] menu option in auth.wiki

2012-11-13 Thread Andrew W
Works great, thanks. I've also sent Massimo a patch for tools.py to fix it in trunk. I hope to deploy a website soon using auth.wiki and this was one of my last hurdles. On Wednesday, November 7, 2012 12:25:44 AM UTC+13, villas wrote: > > I do not want the wiki menu to be displayed to anyone e

[web2py] videos not working in auth.wiki page

2012-11-15 Thread Andrew W
Is anyone using video links with auth.wiki ? I'm just getting the bottom bar with the Play button, but nothing else and nothing happens when I press Play. I did have success with plugin_wiki, but I would like to get it up and running with auth.wiki. I've tried with Chrome and Safari. Thanks

[web2py] Re: videos not working in auth.wiki page

2012-11-15 Thread Andrew W
No, I was posting a link to a youtube video. On Friday, November 16, 2012 2:41:01 PM UTC+13, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > > what video type. Are the video hosted in the wiki? > > On Thursday, 15 November 2012 02:05:20 UTC-6, Andrew W wrote: >> >> Is anyone using video links

[web2py] Re: videos not working in auth.wiki page

2012-11-15 Thread Andrew W
Does the plugin_wiki syntax work in auth.wiki ? (I'll try it tonight). >From the book (plugins section): For example, to embed a YouTube video in a plugin_wiki page, you can do `` name: youtube code: l7AWnfFRc7g ``:widget or to embed the same widget in a web2py view, you can do: {{=plugin_w

[web2py] Re: auth.wiki( extra=dict() )

2012-11-16 Thread Andrew W
Yes, it's broken: AttributeError: 'Wiki' object has no attribute 'extra' I made the change below and it works. On Saturday, November 17, 2012 12:54:14 AM UTC+13, villas wrote: > > Hi Massimo, > I've just been checking it. > I think you need to change this... > > Wiki __init__() > > This

[web2py] Re: videos not working in auth.wiki page

2012-11-16 Thread Andrew W
Thanks. That's what I did. On Friday, November 16, 2012 11:56:49 PM UTC+13, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > > No. You do not need it. You just cut and paste the link to the youtube > video page and it will embed the video automatically. > > On Thursday, 15 November 2012 22:3

[web2py] Re: auth.wiki( extra=dict() )

2012-11-17 Thread Andrew W
I'm assuming it works differently to the markmin document.I can see is adds a class called "custom", but I don't see the lambda function working as in: >>> markmin2html("‘‘aaa‘‘:custom", extra=dict(custom=lambda text: ’x’+text+’x’ generates ’xaaax’ (the ‘‘...‘‘:custom block i

Re: default vs not-default (was Re: [web2py] perhaps a silly question about index)

2012-11-22 Thread Andrew W
Have you read the Overview chapter of the book? To achieve what you want you would not put controllers in the model folder, they go in the controllers folder. The default/index in the path refers to the file name and the function within the file name. So green/eggs/ham.refers to the green app,

[web2py] The book updates and status

2012-11-22 Thread Andrew W
The book has been at 4th edition for a while and I'm sure there have been updates since then. The edition numbers may tick over at major updates,but is it possible to put a last update date on it to tell when it has changed. One thing we talked about before version 2 was getting the doco up to

[web2py] Re: The book updates and status

2012-11-22 Thread Andrew W
Thanks. On Friday, November 23, 2012 2:39:41 PM UTC+13, villas wrote: > > Hi Andrew > You can see the current state and updates here: > https://github.com/mdipierro/web2py-book > > > On Thursday, November 22, 2012 4:32:39 PM UTC, Andrew W wrote: >> >> The book ha

[web2py] Re: videos not working in auth.wiki page

2012-11-22 Thread Andrew W
Could you please confirm that it's working OK ? thanks On Saturday, November 17, 2012 10:37:14 AM UTC+13, Andrew W wrote: > > Thanks. > That's what I did. > > On Friday, November 16, 2012 11:56:49 PM UTC+13, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: >> >> No. You do no

[web2py] Re: videos not working in auth.wiki page

2012-11-27 Thread Andrew W
This is what I see and the play button doesn't work (see attached). The link is OK as I can open it if I right click and press Open Video in new tab. Thanks On Friday, November 23, 2012 3:51:49 PM UTC+13, Andrew W wrote: > > Could you please confirm that it's working

Re: [web2py] Database table prefix

2012-11-27 Thread Andrew W
What about a "prefix" column, and filter all selects on the prefix. A single database ctructure sounds more scalable and logically you're partitioning the data based on login or context. Prefixing table names doesn't sound like a good idea. --

[web2py] Re: The book updates and status

2012-11-27 Thread Andrew W
May I ask, in terms of status, where are we up to ? What is *still left to do* to bring the documentation up to date for Version 2.2.x ? Thanks. On Friday, November 23, 2012 3:46:01 PM UTC+13, Andrew W wrote: > > Thanks. > > On Friday, November 23, 2012 2:39:41 PM UTC+13,

[web2py] Re: videos not working in auth.wiki page

2012-11-28 Thread Andrew W
:13 UTC-6, Andrew W wrote: >> >> >> This is what I see and the play button doesn't work (see attached). The >> link is OK as I can open it if I right click and press Open Video in new >> tab. >> >> Thanks >> >> >> On Friday, Nov

[web2py] Re: videos not working in auth.wiki page

2012-11-28 Thread Andrew W
t a video. it is a page containing a video. You have > to let web2py's oembed protocol figure out how to embed it. > > On Wednesday, 28 November 2012 02:27:03 UTC-6, Andrew W wrote: >> >> It's: >> >> Ecover at sea >> >> [[ecover http://w

[web2py] Re: The book updates and status

2012-11-28 Thread Andrew W
publishing to 5th edition. > > Massimo > > On Tuesday, 27 November 2012 23:01:17 UTC-6, Andrew W wrote: >> >> May I ask, in terms of status, where are we up to ? >> >> What is *still left to do* to bring the documentation up to date for >> Version 2.2.x ? &g

[web2py] Re: Where does auth.wiki save pages to?

2012-11-28 Thread Andrew W
But I think you need to differentiate between the wiki static pages, and "blog" type of article pages.I think the intent of auth.wiki was to allow the simple creation of a user updated website, not so much with blog type articles pages. But that's an interesting way to get both. What a

[web2py] Re: auth.wiki( extra=dict() )

2012-11-28 Thread Andrew W
omised style to your auth.wiki page. I hope to show it in use very soon. On Monday, November 19, 2012 1:15:52 AM UTC+13, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > > Should work the same. Perhaps this is a bug. Please open a ticket and I > will look asap. > > On Saturday, 17 November 2012 19:21:

[web2py] Re: MARKMIN line break

2012-12-06 Thread Andrew W
I assume you are no longer talking about markmin. I didn't think you could use {{ }} in markmin. Correct ? On Sunday, December 2, 2012 10:51:49 PM UTC+13, apps in tables wrote: > > Thank you... > > On Sunday, December 2, 2012 7:45:50 AM UTC+3, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: >> >> You are missing

Re: [web2py] Re: Auth.wiki() documentation

2012-12-13 Thread Andrew W
Hi Alan, I have been checking out auth.wiki to see what can be done, in particular how to get different page layouts within the one "index" controller and view. Would you wrap something like this example (from the slice) in an if clause ? Or, I imagine you could use this scenario for boilerplat

[web2py] Re: count distinct

2012-12-13 Thread Andrew W
Does your dbms support count(distinct ) ? What happens if you only put one column in COUNT(DISTINCT vista.municipio) ? On Friday, December 14, 2012 1:13:32 PM UTC+13, Niphlod wrote: > > it may help knowing what are you trying to count (e.g. write down the > plain sql syntax you'd like to fire

Re: [web2py] Re: Auth.wiki() classes in tags

2012-12-13 Thread Andrew W
Also, with Images I can do left , right, center. Can I do something like a css clear / clear: both ? On Friday, December 14, 2012 6:35:11 AM UTC+13, viniciusban wrote: > > I need to identify images by its location. When they're inside a > table, it's easier because I can attach a class to the ta

Re: [web2py] Re: Auth.wiki() documentation

2012-12-14 Thread Andrew W
I hope to have a website up and running soon where I have done the following (If you have a better idea, then please let me know) in layout.html, or in default/index.html {{if request.args==['index'] or request.args==[]: }} # The Main Page .other stuff # Or

Re: [web2py] Re: Auth.wiki() classes in tags

2012-12-14 Thread Andrew W
Thanks, but how do I specify the class in the wiki page? --

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