the core chapter is long, but full of gems : http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/04/the-core#Static-asset-management
On Saturday, March 15, 2014 9:58:10 PM UTC+1, SimonD wrote: > > Hi LightDot, > Thanks for the info. I have a well thumbed printed 5th edition book and to > be honest, this is not too well documented in there. A quick look at the > 6th edition didn't help. But I will probe the 5th edition again. > The reference I did find appears related to nginx, rather than Apache (I > did try to get nginx running but that's another tale...). > > To answer your questions. I took the lead from Massimo who proposed that > Chrome might highlight the non-found JS and CSS. I simply saw the missing > directories as referred to in the Chrome diags and populated those that > appeared missing. > You rightly say that I maybe could have come to a different conclusion > about the actual cause of the issue. Sorry, I didn't - oops. I simply > thought the folders were missing. > response.static_version never came into my mind because I simply didn't > know about it (and I have been using web2py for quite a time, although I > confess to being more towards the noob end of the expertise spectrum). > > I had installed web2py using the script supplied. It worked right out of > the box, and so I thought that maybe the script had not created those > directories for some reason (like permissions). > Now that I know of response.static_version, I will endeavour to learn > about it and deploy it properly. > > In summary, I really appreciate your, and all, information and hope that I > can find out about response.static_version. If there are specific pointer, > links or additional information you can supply, I will be, as always, very > grateful. > Simon > > > On Saturday, March 15, 2014 7:35:29 PM UTC, LightDot wrote: >> >> Btw, this seems to be one of the more elusive features of web2py, when it >> comes to finding information about it... @simonD, can I ask what did you >> first think when you saw _2.9.4 in the path, but no corresponding folder? >> >> Did you assume anything else besides a missing folder? Did you search the >> group for answers and if so, what keywords did you use? >> >> I'm trying to figure out how should web2py & it's documentation convey >> the information about this feature better... >> >> Regards >> >> On Saturday, March 15, 2014 8:12:22 PM UTC+1, LightDot wrote: >>> >>> Er... creating folders is NOT the solution. You don't have any folders >>> missing. >>> >>> The _2.9.4 comes from *virtual* static asset management. This number >>> will change now and then, as static files get updated, so please don't go >>> creating actual folders for this. >>> >>> Search the book and this group for response.static_version, it's been >>> explained several times. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> On Saturday, March 15, 2014 7:12:18 PM UTC+1, SimonD wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks to all other contributors. >>>> Massimo nailed it, I think, with the proposal to use Chromes >>>> diagnostics. I must get properly acquainted with Chrome... >>>> >>>> The core problem was: a folder missing under admin/static (called >>>> _2.9.4). Although I think the other Apache config solution may have >>>> worked, >>>> creating the missing folder seemed the best course of action. >>>> >>>> For interest, this is the content of the missing folder. >>>> _2.9.4: >>>> css >>>> js >>>> plugin_multiselect >>>> plugin_statebutton >>>> >>>> _2.9.4/css: >>>> bootstrap_essentials.css >>>> bootstrap.min.css >>>> bootstrap-responsive.min.css >>>> calendar.css >>>> >>>> _2.9.4/js: >>>> calendar.js >>>> jquery.js >>>> web2py.js >>>> >>>> _2.9.4/plugin_multiselect: >>>> jquery.multi-select.js >>>> multi-select.css >>>> start.js >>>> >>>> _2.9.4/plugin_statebutton/css: >>>> bootstrap-switch.css >>>> >>>> _2.9.4/plugin_statebutton/js: >>>> bootstrap-switch.js >>>> >>>> Again, thanks to all. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Friday, March 14, 2014 4:28:51 PM UTC, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Can you open the page with chrome? In the javascript console (under >>>>> network activity) it will tell you which files return a 404 error (if >>>>> any). >>>>> Then you can check if the files are there or not. >>>>> >>>>> On Friday, 14 March 2014 11:06:09 UTC-5, SimonD wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> The vhost configs (I assuming that we are talking about >>>>>> sites-available/default ?), is as per the setup script as kindly >>>>>> included >>>>>> in web2py. It is unchanged apart from the installation directory (i.e. >>>>>> other than www-data). I have changed all references of www-data to a new >>>>>> directory name. I guess these all resolve OK, because the server works >>>>>> as >>>>>> expected in every other respect. I am pretty sure it is not a permission >>>>>> issue as they are the same across the whole directory. >>>>>> It just looks like there is a missing CSS or JS or similar. The only >>>>>> 'vhost' reference is in apache2.conf but thats just a log file name. >>>>>> Actually, the Welcome Hello World screen looks fine at >>>>>> welcome/default/index. But clicking through to admin/default/index is >>>>>> where >>>>>> the issue starts presenting. Note the top black navbar is not showing >>>>>> (although there seems to be a navbar reference in the page source), so >>>>>> maybe part of the layout include is not being served. Does admin require >>>>>> different includes? >>>>>> is there anything specific I should I look for in the conf files? (I >>>>>> am not an apache expert) >>>>>> Thanks >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Friday, March 14, 2014 2:34:15 PM UTC, shapova...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I remember seeing something similar on previous version, IIRC the >>>>>>> thing was in apache's vhost config. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Friday, March 14, 2014 4:27:04 PM UTC+2, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Anybody else experiencing this? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Friday, 14 March 2014 06:39:08 UTC-5, SimonD wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hello, I have seen a previous post on an apparently broken Admin >>>>>>>>> screen, but I think this is a different issue (or just a noobie >>>>>>>>> question). >>>>>>>>> I have done my app development on 2.3.2 (on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS). >>>>>>>>> I have setup a new local server (test production) on my LAN, with >>>>>>>>> a clean/fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I downloaded 2.9.4 and >>>>>>>>> used the >>>>>>>>> 'setup-web2py-ubuntu.sh' script for Apache2. I copied my app over (it >>>>>>>>> is >>>>>>>>> still using SQLite for now), and updated web2py.js, appadmin.py and >>>>>>>>> appadmin.htms as per the release notes. My actual web-application >>>>>>>>> seems to >>>>>>>>> work fine on the server. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> But, from my 10.04 machine, when I access the 12.04 server's >>>>>>>>> appadmin (over the LAN) via SSL, the layout/design of the screens is >>>>>>>>> lost. >>>>>>>>> See the example screenshot. The "admin login", "installed >>>>>>>>> applications", >>>>>>>>> and "edit" screens are broken. >>>>>>>>> Although not consistently, this also breaks the appadmin on my >>>>>>>>> local 10.04 machine. Clearing history/cache etc etc in Firefox >>>>>>>>> usually >>>>>>>>> corrects the issue. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> However, I has also upgraded my 10.04LTS development environment >>>>>>>>> to 2.9.4 and although the app admin screens were not broken in the >>>>>>>>> same >>>>>>>>> way, the "Manage" buttons were not working (i.e. the dropdown "edit, >>>>>>>>> about, >>>>>>>>> etc" options don't show). Again usually clearing the firefox >>>>>>>>> history/cache >>>>>>>>> corrects that. But restarts were required on 2 occasions. OK, its not >>>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>>> biggie, but there is something underlying that is worrying. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> For now, I have reverted to 2.3.2 (on 10.04 LTS) to continue >>>>>>>>> development (although I prefer the newer appadmin environment). >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Actually, I don't intend to use Appadmin on the production server >>>>>>>>> (as per the recommendations). My concern is that the appears to be an >>>>>>>>> HTML, >>>>>>>>> CSS, Boostrap or JS issue around 2.9.4 - and am concerned it might >>>>>>>>> impact >>>>>>>>> the production server for users. >>>>>>>>> I am afraid I don't have the depth of expertise to nail it, so am >>>>>>>>> looking for pointers, please. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> As a side note, I saw a similar "loss of appadmin layout" when >>>>>>>>> using pythonanywhere about 9 months ago, so I am guessing (hoping) >>>>>>>>> this is >>>>>>>>> a known gotcha. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Any ideas on what is causing these appadmin layout issue? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> BTW - I have firefox 20.0 >>>>>>>>> Many thanks, as always. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. 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