Re: [web2py] can web2py be used as a static website generator?

2011-11-20 Thread Robert Shaver
But can I put an HTML file in a directory on the server and reach it from the web? That's what I think of as a static web page. For example: http://mydomain.com/index.html

[web2py] Doc Bug Report on the web2py book

2011-11-20 Thread Robert Shaver
Didn't locate a bug reporting system so I thought I'd just post this here. On page: http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/04?search=server Search for "The view sees every variable". Right after this there is an unintentional line break causing this text: "defined in models and returned by the

Re: [web2py] can web2py be used as a static website generator?

2011-11-20 Thread Robert Shaver
I'm just starting to read the web2py docs so I'm a complete noob ... however this may be the answer: "Requests for files in the static folder are handled directly and large files are automatically streamed to the client." I found this in the web2py book page at this link

[web2py] Can web2py do shared IP hosting

2011-11-20 Thread Robert Shaver
I'm completely new to web2py and so far have only been reading the documents to see if it has the features I'm looking for to implement my next project. Please let me know if I'm asking the wrong questions or if there's anything else I should be considering along with these questions. Many serv

[web2py] Re: Can web2py do shared IP hosting

2011-11-21 Thread Robert Shaver
Dear Massimo, Thank you for your quick response. I heard your interview on FLOSS Weekly and that's how I discovered web2py. I guess I misread something. I thought I could download web2py and install it with a built-in web server ... Rocket I think was the name. (I haven't researched Rocket yet

Re: [web2py] Can web2py do shared IP hosting

2011-11-21 Thread Robert Shaver
Hi Phyo, Thanks for your response. My current environment is a dedicated server machine with a single web server which servers multiple web separate sites on sub-domains and dedicated IP addresses. The configuration at this level has always been handled by an administrator so I know less about

[web2py] Re: cannot run web2py on windows 7 machine with python 2.7 installed

2011-11-21 Thread Robert Shaver
I am having exactly the same problem. I'm on Windows 7 64 bit. I searched my disk for Python and found 6,647 occurrences of the word. From the various names on the files I believe that I have versions 2.5, 2.6.1 and 2.6.6 as a result of installing web2py, OpenOffice, InkScape and Blender. So wh