Yes, the demo site is still running RC1. I don't expect to be able to update it before this Friday, when I will update the demo site as part of the process of releasing RC2.
RC2 will include either the patch in question or a variant thereof. Review is taking place on github - http://github.com/GeoNode/geonode/pulls You're right, the name field is a bit of a sore point. We automatically fill it out based on the filename of the data you're uploading, but it's first on the form so not all users are likely to notice that. On top of that, many parts of the UI use the *title* instead of the name to identify the layer for users, so the name isn't actually that important. It is mostly used as a slug <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug_(web_publishing)> and for WFS/WMS clients (which is the reason of the restrictions on its content.) We'll probably be revisiting the entire upload form before too long. Ways you can help include: - *Try it* (and report back). What you're doing now (trying things out and telling us when GeoNode seems broken or poorly designed). - *Documentation*. We are using Sphinx <http://sphinx.pocoo.org/> to build the manual, but if you aren't comfortable learning the markup you can use your favorite word processor and someone else can do the translation to Sphinx. - *Translation*. GeoNode has been written with support for UI translation in mind; however the English translation is the only complete one at this point. If you are fluent in another language, contributing a translation for the Django user interface would be a great way to help out. Documentation on building translations for Django<http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/topics/i18n/localization/>is available from the Django web site <http://djangoproject.org/>. So if you are interested in helping out with GeoNode you're actually off to a pretty good start :) -- David Winslow OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/ On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 6:31 AM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Guido, > don't know if it's related but RC1 of GeoNode has a problem with > data upload. This patch [1] solved the problem in my testing server, but > the issue remains for GeoTIFF data. > Can you send me your data so I can test it in my server? > > Ciao > Luca > > 2010/10/19 <[email protected]>: > > Hi, > > > > Just starting to use GeoNode, and before going through > > the install, I tried out the demo server, in particular > > the data upload at http://demo.geonode.org/data/upload > > > > I tried to upload a "land use" sahpe file for Port-au-Prince > > (Haiti) for testing. It has 8 vectors with an ad-hoc land > > use classification. All loads without problems in QGIS. > > I do not have the .prj file (with is said to be optional) > > but data is in EPSG:4326 (lat-lon). Vectors are MULTIPOLYGON > > type. > > > > Upload fails, and I only get "An error occurred while loading > > the data.". As a sideline, the name field complains about non- > > character fields (-, space, etc.) which is somewhat awkward > > for "natural" naming. > > > > My prime interest, for the moment, is to test the meta-data > > tagging, and WMS and WFS fucntionalities, including re-projection > > and re-formatting. Mid-term, we may be interested to set up > > internal and external GeoNodes. > > > > I read the recent FOSS4G presentations, and am buying into the > > idea that GeoNode is a step ahead. Documentation is somewhat > > poorish, though, and community momentum slowly building up. > > We'd be interested to know how we can contribute (as users, mostly) > > > > Guido Lemoine > > > > > -- > Luca Casagrande > http://www.lucacasagrande.net > twitter: lucacasagrande >
