Entries during Jul 2008
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Jul182008
Amazing Support at Webfaction
Amazing!
I've been trying for the last 2 weeks to install a add-on product for my Plone sites on Webfaction. On my local machine, the add-on product ran fine with no problems, but unfortunately I had trouble installing it on the production servers.
So I jumped on the Webfaction forums to ask for their assistance. After fixing up a cup of coffee and warming up some soup, I sat back down and there was already a reply!
There was some initial hick-ups, but after a couple hours, I was yet again amazed at …
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Jul182008
Resetting your django password
Today, I came back to a site that I have not been working on for over a month, and to my shock, I could not remember my password for the site. This was driving me nuts for a while, until I decided to just change it with some python code. The cool thing is that you can do this directly from your shell.
So if you ever forget your django password, here is how you can change it:
First we run our django/python shell:
python manage.py shell
Now that we have our interactive shell, we …
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Jul122008
Why Open Source
The simple answer?
Without Open Source, I would not be doing any freelance development!
I have always been very ambitious, and was always looking for ways of starting a web based company. Unfortunately I was severely restricted due to the lack of good funds and knowledge, and proprietary software have always been too expensive. Even though these products are really good at what they do and have tons of features, I was always held back because I could not afford to buy the “full version”.
Enter Open Source!
I only discovered the true potential of …