Posted by Y Ddraig Wen Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:06:00 GMT
Dw i ddim yn hapus. Heddiw, mae fy cardyn darluniadol (graphics card) newydd yn cyrraedd. Dylwn i bod hapus. Ond, dw i ddim. Mae'r cardyn yn suo pan dw i chwarae gêmau. Bydda i anfon e yn ôl. Dw i'n gobaith bod byddwn nhw deryn e. Dw i'm meddwl bod byddwn nhw anfon e yn ôl i fi.Posted by Y Ddraig Wen Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:12:00 GMT
So far, other than a little url configuration, I've barely written any Python. I've done more with django's template code. But I've got a way to display various blog pages - latest, by year, by month, by day and entry page. The entry page shows comment count and has a comment form - although there is now way to deal with comment submission yet. Entries are quite simply added via the inbuilt admin interface which makes life much easier. I've spent perhaps a few hours on it so far - and only that long because of problems with regular expressions and because I'm still learning about Python, Django, and the template language. But it means I can quite easily work for an hour a night and get quite a lot done. Here's some code if you are interested!
models.py
from django.db import models
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from time import strftime
class Category(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=30)
class Admin:
pass def
__str__(self):
return self.name
class Entry(models.Model):
title = models.CharField(max_length=50)
date_created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
date_updated = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
short_text = models.TextField()
full_text = models.TextField()
category = models.ForeignKey(Category)
author = models.ForeignKey(User)
def __str__(self):
return '%s (%s)' % (self.title, self.date_created.strftime('%d-%m-%Y'))
class Admin:
date_hierarchy = "date_created"
fields = ( (None, { 'fields': ('title', 'short_text', 'full_text', 'category', 'author') }), )
list_filter = ('category', 'date_created', 'date_updated', 'author')
list_display = ('__str__',)
urls.py
from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
from draigwen.blog.models import Entry, Category
info_dict = {
'queryset': Entry.objects.all(),
'date_field': 'date_created',
'extra_context': {
'category_list' : Category.objects.all(),
},
'allow_empty': True
}
year_dict = info_dict.copy()
year_dict['make_object_list'] = True
entry_dict = {
'queryset': Entry.objects.all(),
'date_field': 'date_created',
'extra_context': {
'category_list' : Category.objects.all(),
}
}
urlpatterns = patterns('django.views.generic.date_based',
(r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/(?P<day>\w{1,2})/(?P<object_id>\d)/$', 'object_detail', entry_dict),
(r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/(?P<day>\w{1,2})/$', 'archive_day', info_dict),
(r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/$', 'archive_month', info_dict),
(r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/$', 'archive_year', year_dict),
(r'^$', 'archive_index', info_dict), )
urlpatterns += patterns('draigwen.blog.views',
(r'^category/(?P<category>\w+)/$', 'category_page'), )
And that is literally all the code. I'm not really happy with the three fairly repetitive dictionaries but I haven't worked out the best way around it. I'll post the template code when I'm a bit happier with it. Next up - get comments working properly, tidy up views so they show what I want how I want it, and do category pages.
Posted by Y Ddraig Wen Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:29:00 GMT
Ever since I've moved my work Rails site into production I've had fastcgi problems. Yes, I'm using a shared host. Yes, I know this is always going to be a problem. And yes, I've hopefully found a solution. One solution was given by Chris Gaskett and solved problems where errors caused fastcgi to stop running but didn't restart a problem. This is fine for already running fastcgi threads, but not so much when there aren't any running. If there are no fastcgi threads running the host starts up ten, reaching the max number, and causes a 500 error. So the key was to create a cron job that would regularly start up the server so that it isn't (or is rarely) at zero processes. And thanks to A Single Programmer's Blog I think I have the answer. Let's just hope it works.Tags: rails, fastcgi, sharedhosting
Posted by Y Ddraig Wen Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:00:00 GMT
Dw i newydd glywed y bydd Torchwood yn dechrau dydd Mercher nesaf. Dw i'n cyffroi iawn. Dw i'n mwynhau gwylio Torchwood, yn enwedig gwylio am heolydd fod dw i'n cydnabod. Ces i Shepherds Pie am cynio heddiw. Mae e'n blasus. Ond, bwytais i gormod. Fel arfer, gwnes i ennill pwysar ôl Nadolig. Does dim rhaid i mi gormod o fwyd am ennyd. Dechrais i fy swydd newydd wythos diwethaf. Dw i'n brysur iawn. Ond, dw i'n mynhau fy swydd newydd. Mae e'n cyfrifoldeb mawr.Posted by Y Ddraig Wen Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:51:00 GMT
I've done a polls tutorial on Django and a wiki tutorial on TurboGears. I'm not ready to pick between the two yet. Both had things I very much liked and I'm too new to Python to make a snap decision. But here's a few things that I've noticed/liked/disliked so far.
Posted by Y Ddraig Wen Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:02:00 GMT
Decided I should try to learn Python. Decided I want to use it to do a website. So playing with Django (and will be playing with TurboGears at a later date). Currently following this tutorial. Having fun. Expect more Python updates in future.Posted by Y Ddraig Wen Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:59:00 GMT
Noswyl Nadolig, gwnaethon ni agor anrhegion gan fy rhieni. Cafodd Rat socs a "smellies". Fuodd smellies ddim yn braf. Ces i tri neclis ac un breichled, pethau o traed, daliwr am neclisau ac disg USB gan fy nhad. Aethon ni tŷ mam Rat ar Nadolig. Gwnaethon ni agor anrhegion a cawson ni cinio Nadolig a chwaraeon gêmau. Buodd hi Nadolig normal.Posted by Y Ddraig Wen Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:36:00 GMT
We found Zelenka dead today. I'd noticed that the water hadn't gone down as much as it normally would so went to their cage to look for them. I disturbed Carson who was asleep in the house but couldn't find Zel. Then I found him under some other bedding and he didn't seem to move. I moved away and Rat checked and found that he was indeed dead. We have no idea why - he was perfectly fine two nights ago - there were no wounds and he looked perfectly peaceful. We've buried him in the garden.
Here are some recent and not so recent pictures of baby Zel.
Posted by Y Ddraig Wen Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:48:00 GMT
I was having trouble installing a perl module on Linux Mint despite the same module installing fine on the Linux Mint machine next to mine. Scrolling up through the errors it seemed that various .h files were missing. A quick search online and I discovered this post on the Ubuntu Forums. For those who have the same problem and don't want to read the post the solution is pretty damn simple:
sudo apt-get install build-essential
Or searchh for build-essential in synaptic and install it that way.
Posted by Y Ddraig Wen Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:18:00 GMT
Dw i'n meddwl bod bydda i hoffi fy moss newydd. Cafodd e ebostio fi sawl amser ers ces i fy cynnig fy swydd. Enwiodd e fy "sister" a dweudodd "geezer" a "let's get cooking". Dw i'n meddwl bod bydd e difyrrwch.
Ddoe, buodd e'n y cinio côr. Buodd e'n dda. Buodd y bywd yn flasus. Aethon ni tafarn lleol - The Green Lady. Bydda i mynd yna eto.
