Common operations
Here is a first list of useful ressources to manage Django
Activate virtual env
To use Django command line, activate the virtual environement
usr1@server:~/myprojectdir$ source myprojectenv/bin/activate
The prompt is changed as follows
(myprojectenv) usr1@server:~/myprojectdir$
Execute the build of the project
Once the configuration has been done execute
(myprojectenv) usr1@server:~/myprojectdir$ python3 manage.py migrate
Restart Gunicorn to apply the changes
(myprojectenv) usr1@server:~/myprojectdir$ sudo systemctl restart gunicorn
Add pages to Django app
Copy the *.html
page into doc1/templates
directory.
manage.py
myproject
myprojectenv
static
demo1
├── admin.py
├── apps.py
├── migration
├── models.py
├── tests.py
├── views.py
├── templates
├── demo1
├── index.html
├── new_page.html
Edit new_page.html
to add the line {% load static %}
at the begining of the file
{% load static %}
<!DOCTYPE html>
.
.
Edit demo1/urls.py
to declare the new page
# config/urls.py
from django.urls import path, include # Import this function
from . import views
app_name = "demo1"
urlpatterns = [
# Main app
path('', views.index, name="index"),
path('index.html', views.index, name="index"),
path('1_how_to_sphinx.html', views.how_to_sphinx, name="How to sphinx"),
]
Edit demo1/views.py
to create the view for the new page
from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, render
from django.template import loader
from django.urls import reverse
from django.views import generic
def index(request):
return render (request, 'demo1/index.html', {})
def how_to_sphinx(request):
return render (request, 'demo1/1_how_to_sphinx.html', {})