That was it, I forgot about the wsgi file update. That was the part I was
missing as well that the pythonanywhere folks helped with. And yes, they
were pleasant to work with and had the answers.
On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 11:45 AM, Alex Glaros <alexgla...@gmail.com> wrote:
> it is working. Pythonanywhere.com folks were really helpful.
>
> There was so much trial and error I don't which of the below processes was
> responsible for success and what might be inefficient.
>
> Put routes.py under web2py main directory: / > home > alexglaros > web2py
> > routes.py NOT UNDER YOUR SPECIFIC APP LIKE THIS: / > home >
> alexglaros > web2py > applications > engagementsquared > routes.py
> #!/usr/bin/python
> # -*- codingf-8 -*-
> routers = dict(
> # base router
> BASE=dict(
> default_application='engagementsquared',
> domains={'www.engagementsquared.com':'engagementsquared'}
> ),
> )
>
> create this file according to their website directions: WSGI
> configuration file:
> /var/www/www_engagementsquared_com_wsgi.py
> <https://www.pythonanywhere.com/user/alexglaros/files/var/www/www_engagementsquared_com_wsgi.py?edit>
>
>
> import os
> import sys
>
> # add your project directory to the sys.path
> project_home = u'/home/alexglaros/web2py/'
> if project_home not in sys.path:
> sys.path = [project_home] + sys.path
>
> sys.stdout = sys.stderr
> os.chdir(project_home)
>
> # serve web2py via WSGI handler
> from gluon.main import wsgibase as application
>
> At hostmonster.com, here is advice from pythonanywhere.com support:
> PythonAnywhere web apps for specific domains. If you go to
> www.engagementsquared.com, you'll see a PythonAnywhere "coming soon"
> page. This means that you've set up the CNAME for
> www.engagementsquared.com correctly -- the HTTP redirect problem is only
> with the version without the www. But you only have a web up set up on
> PythonAnywhere for alexglaros.pythonanywhere.com. This page explains how
> to set things up so that you can serve an existing web app on a new domain:
> <https://www.pythonanywhere.com/wiki/UsingANewDomainForExistingWebApp>
>
> Did above,then back at pythonanywhere.com site was careful to choose
> "manual configuration", not "create a new Web2py app". Easy to miss that.
> So even though I had an app running, I still had to choose "Add a new app".
>
> Finally, hit the "reload app" button and instant success. Both stripped
> URL "engagementsquared.com" and with a "www" www.engagmentsquared.com
> work.
>
> Alex
>
>
>
>
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