Six months ago, I decided to create the Django Catalan usergroup, for user in Catalonia, and for users who speak catalan.Today I'm happy to announce that we are already 26 members, and we are going to have our first meeting on April 3rd. We've...
Today I've released a new version of TransDb, the Django package that allows storing text at database in more than one language (using the same field).New version is pretty much easier to use, after fixing many bugs, and avoiding the use of a...
It's not a big trouble, but I wanted to remove the /media/ prefix on all my media links, like...and so on.This can be easily achieved by replacing in apache's configuration file:SetHandler NonebySetHandler NoneOf course you have to have all you...
I wanted to assign an image to every element in a model. I wanted them to have a thumbnail, and to have normalized sizes and names. And of course, I want my application to do everything automatically.The best method I've found is next, modifying...
Today I've created my own code for having (in Django) fields in more than one language stored in database. There were some other packages, but none of them useful for me (as commented here).TransDb's main goal is that is simple, for application...
Sometimes I forget that django's settings.py is a Python script, and not a plain configuration file. And forgetting it causes django to behave unexpectedly. A couple of examples that happened to are related to array sorting.Some days ago I...
Here is a brief list of common web features, and the best way I know for achieving it in Django:- Breadcrumbs: use {{ block.super }} for recursive link inheritance [more info] Back button: use {{ request.META.HTTP_REFERER }} for linking to...
DSNP is a shell script that automatically setups a new Django project, with user custom settings.It's specially useful for users that create many Django projects following same patterns.After a first very simple release, version 0.11 has...
Today has been committed to Django trunk version spanish localflavor patch.It includes selector fields for provinces and regions, and validation form functions for postal codes, phone numbers, and nif and ccc codes.Patch was started by Ricardo J...
DSNP is a shell script that automatically creates Django's new projects.Django is a powerful framework, mostly designed for big applications, but many people uses it for developing little (and many) projects. DSNP eases creation of new projects,...