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@joshfinnie
joshfinnie / gist:4046138
Created November 9, 2012 14:54
Installing Mezzanine on Heroku

Lately, I have been looking into Python CMSs. There are many out there, but for some reason or another Mezzanine stuck out as one I should try. Installing it is easy enough, but getting it up on running on my new favorite host, Heroku, was a bit of a challege.

Below you will find the steps that I took to get Mezzanine up and running on Heroku. Please let me know in the comments below if anything didn't work for you.

Setting up the Database

Heroku is shortly depricating Django's standard DATABASES dictionary in favor for a package which takes OS Environment Variables and builds the required dictionary for you. This is a good thing because it makes setting up a database on Heroku very easy. The package is called dj_database_url and it makes short work of getting a PostgreSQL database up and running with Mezzanine. Below is the code that you want to put in Mezzanine's DATABASES section:

import dj_database_url
DATABASES = {'default': dj_database_url.config(default='postgres://localhost')}
@malarkey
malarkey / Contract Killer 3.md
Last active May 8, 2024 16:02
The latest version of my ‘killer contract’ for web designers and developers

When times get tough and people get nasty, you’ll need more than a killer smile. You’ll need a killer contract.

Used by 1000s of designers and developers Clarify what’s expected on both sides Helps build great relationships between you and your clients Plain and simple, no legal jargon Customisable to suit your business Used on countless web projects since 2008

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@pithyless
pithyless / gist:1208841
Created September 10, 2011 21:49
Install Python 2.7 (homebrew + pip + virtualenv) on Mac OS X Lion

Install Python

$ brew install readline sqlite gdbm
$ brew install python --universal --framework
$ python --version
Python 2.7

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@joshuapowell
joshuapowell / HTML5 Stub
Created April 12, 2011 04:53
A generic & empty HTML5 page structure.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta name="author" content="" />
<meta name="copyright" content="" />
<meta name="robots" content="index, follow" />