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====== Basic Django Setup Instructions ======

Installation instructions from http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Django.

  - Create domain (e.g., django.bikmort.com).
  - Add "/public" to the web directory (in "Users, Files, and Paths" section).
  - Turn on "Passenger" (checkbox under "Web Options").
  - Create a database (at MySQL Database panel):
    - Database name (bikdjango)
    - Hostname (mysql.django.bikmort.com)
    - First user (jtkorb)
  - Download and run the Django setup wizard
    - ''wget http://wiki.dreamhost.com/django-setup.py''
    - ''python django-setup.py''
    - Name project (mysite)
    - MySQL database (bikdjango)
    - MySQL username (jtkorb) and password
    - Create a superuser (admin, but deleted later for just jtkorb)
  - Found problem with Oracle configuration using "paste" to intercept and display errors from Django.  See [[http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Passenger_WSGI#500_Errors_with_Passenger_WSGI_Workaround|here]] for details.  Current status is that the "purdue" Oracle section of the settings.py file is commented out.
  - Verify installation

        [charvel] $ python
        Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Jan 24 2010, 17:44:40) 
        [GCC 4.3.2] on linux2
        Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
        >>> import django
        >>> print django.get_version()
        1.2.1
        
        [charvel] $ mysql -u jtkorb -h mysql.bikmort.com bikdjango
        mysql> show tables;
        +----------------------------+
        | Tables_in_bikdjango        |
        +----------------------------+
        | auth_group                 | 
        | auth_group_permissions     | 
        | auth_message               | 
        | auth_permission            | 
        | auth_user                  | 
        | auth_user_groups           | 
        | auth_user_user_permissions | 
        | django_admin_log           | 
        | django_content_type        | 
        | django_session             | 
        | django_site                | 
        +----------------------------+
        11 rows in set (0.05 sec)