as a general rule freehosts don't allow long running processes and therefore can't run Django, YMMMV let us know if you do get it going on a freehost, I doubt it..
On Dec 31, 9:39 am, CreativeApex <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, I've been following the tutorial.. I'm currently in the midst of > part 3. I have the development server running on my laptop and > everything is working. How Django works is 'clicking' with the > exception of how it will work on a real server. > > I will be using free hosting. I currently have freehostia, but > considering using heliohost.org. > > In step 1: the tutorial states: > > "If your background is in PHP, you’re probably used to putting code > under the Web server’s document root (in a place such as /var/www). > With Django, you don’t do that. It’s not a good idea to put any of > this Python code within your Web server’s document root, because it > risks the possibility that people may be able to view your code over > the Web. That’s not good for security. > > Put your code in some directory outside of the document root, such as / > home/mycode." > > On freehostia, the root directory is /home and I have a /www folder > containing a folder which contains my website. I am not able to > create a new folder in /home, but I can create one in my /www folder. > My files are in /www/derelict.website.name.com/index.html so I could > put my code in /www/backend/something.py. Is this acceptable and what > file permissions should I place on this folder? > > Second: > > In the settings.py it says I should use absolute paths.... what are > absolute paths on a server? would it simply be /home/www/backend/ > something.py or is there a unix file system nuance I need to know. > > Thirdly: > > Freehostia gives only this as a 'help' regarding python: > > The path to Python is: > > #!/usr/bin/python > > To execute a Python script you must ensure that the correct path is > set in the beginning of the script. > Once the path is set you must either: > > 1) create an .htaccess file and place the following code inside: > AddHandler cgi-script .py > > 2) or rename the Python script by replacing .py with .cgi > (no .htaccess is required in this case) > > Could someone dumb this down for me? > > Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
