sarangab/32hourstartup

Website source for 32hourstartup.com

doctypehtml5.in

Source code and templates for the website http://www.doctypehtml5.in/. To run this as a test server, simply use:

python website.py

You will need the Flask framework and some extensions. To install:

easy_install Flask Flask-SQLAlchemy Flask-WTF Flask-Mail simplejson pytz Markdown pygooglechart

Installing into a virtualenv is strongly recommended.

License

BSD and Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. See LICENSE.txt.

Deployment

The website is currently hosted at Dreamhost using the Passenger WSGI gateway. To reproduce this setup, create a domain using the Dreamhost panel, then setup the Python environment:

mkdir -p ~/python/lib/python2.5/site-packages
PYTHONPATH=~/python/lib/python2.5/site-packages easy_install --prefix ~/python virtualenv
PYTHONPATH=~/python/lib/python2.5/site-packages bin/virtualenv ~/python/env --no-site-packages
source ~/python/env/bin/activate
easy_install Flask Flask-SQLAlchemy Flask-WTF Flask-Mail simplejson pytz mysql-python greatape Markdown pygooglechart

This creates a virtualenv in ~/python/env, activates it, then installs Flask and extensions in the virtualenv. Dreamhost does not have virtualenv pre-installed, so it is necessary to install it first. Dreamhost does not support mod_wsgi either, which would have made all this much simpler.

If your site is located at (for example) ~/doctypehtml5.in, install the source files there. Do not install in the public sub-folder. Dreamhost will automatically pick up passenger_wsgi.py and start serving the site.

To refresh after updating, you must edit the site via the control panel and click 'Save' again.

Why use a framework?

The website is currently a single HTML page, so why use a framework at all? Because we intend to expand it. We might as well get a good foundation in place right at the beginning. Flask is lightweight and a joy to work with.