2015
Wooey is a simple web interface to run command line Python scripts. Think of it as an easy way to get your scripts up on the web for routine data analysis, file processing, or anything else.
The project was inspired by how simply and powerfully sandman could expose users to …
2013
As mentioned in the previous post, I recently migrated this site over to the very clever Pelican. Setting it up was relatively straightforward using a combination of the official docs, this post and linked github repo from Dominic Rodger. That said, there were a few things that I stumbled at …
2012
Upgrade threaded comments using mptt to allow AJAX submission of comments and update the template - without any backend hacking of Django. Everything is accomplished via Javascript and template tags.
Method
Set up Django threaded comments using the mptt method outlined previously.
First open up your comment form template form.html …
Show another of your blogs or any other RSS news feed on your WordPress blog with this simple template code.
Open your template file in either the WordPress admin editor or via FTP/SSH access to your hosting server. If you want to put the feed links in your sidebar …
A simple trick to make comments from the original post author stand out a bit more in the comment listing - useful for seeing replies to comments.
First you need to create a style to apply to highlighted comments on your blog. To do this, either in the admin editor or …
Syntax highlighting is more than just eye candy. It can turn a block of impenetrable code into a simple grok (although it has it's limits). To boost the usability of our code guides on this site we wanted to implement nice clear syntax highlighting of our hacks. Code samples are …
Django ships with it's own comments contrib app that provides commenting on arbitrary models. However this is a flat-comment system which doesn't allow replying to comments. An app called django-threadedcomments exists but has not been updated for a number of versions and is broken. Other alternatives are less flexible than …
2007
Increasing traffic is the measure of success for a website. More visitors equals more exposure which in turns generates more income. However, if you have hosted your site on a low-end package you could get hit by excess use charges just as your start celebrating your success.
In this article …
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