Re: What Did I Do Right? (url and domain name change)

2015-08-07 Thread Malik Rumi 
I like the 'definitely not' to the do nothing option. Thanks to both of you!

On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 5:41 PM, Aaron C. de Bruyn 
wrote:

> 1. DNS doesn't really work that way in most situations.  Your browser
> should cache it, your computer should cache it (especially Windows),
> and your upstream DNS (usually your router) should cache it.  Your
> computer literally stores 'mysite.com' = '1.2.3.4'.  It doesn't store
> it per-page, but for the whole domain name.
>
> 2. How are the URLs generated in your application?  If your HTML
> template literally has:  http://mysite.herokuapp.com/{% url
> 'home' %}">Home pagethen the only way to update the URLs for
> your app would be to edit the template and fix them.  If you are
> relying on django-sites to 'know' the base URL for your site, go into
> the admin section and click on 'Sites'.  I think it's best practice to
> not prefix my URLs with http://whatever...  Just use {% url 'home' %}
> as it should return something like '/' for the URL (without
> http://mysite.com).
>
> A. Your ALLOWED_HOSTS setting should probably have both domains if you
> want your transition to be smooth.  (i.e. the site works through both
> URLs).  ALLOWED_HOSTS has no affect on what URLs you application
> displays.
>
> B. Definitely not.  Tweak, break, learn.  ;)
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> -A
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 2:03 PM, Malik Rumi  wrote:
> > I have 1 model from my django project up and running on django. Before
> > adding more models and content, I wanted to use my actual domain name,
> > instead of whatever.herokuapp.com. So after I got that straight, I
> realized
> > that while the home page was mysite.com, the links were still
> > mystite.herokuapp.com, which I think is a problem. But I also thought
> there
> > had to be an easy fix for this, especially after I saw a post while I was
> > searching for solutions that said django only cares about the stuff that
> > comes after the domain name. So the first thing I did was change a
> hardcoded
> > link in my navbar from mysite.herokuapp/newpage to mysite/newpage in my
> dev
> > site. But testing it the url still said mysite.herokuapp.com/newpage.
> Then I
> > got an idea, and I just manually changed the url to mysite/newpage and
> what
> > do you know, it came up correctly. then I clicked around and suddenly all
> > the pages on my model are coming up that way, which they were not half an
> > hour ago. So the question: What did I do right?
> >
> > Here are my working theories:
> >
> > 1. The dns change, which I also did half an hour ago, worked for the home
> > page immediately (I tested it at the time) but needed to propagate more
> for
> > the other pages to work, which they do now.
> >
> > 2. By changing the url manually, django just fed the pages as requested
> > without concern about the domain part of the url. If I start from
> > mysite.herokuapp.com home page, the links still come up with that domain
> > name.
> >
> > But how do I make this both universal and permanent?
> >
> > A. I could change allowed hosts setting, taking the herokuapp part out
> >
> > B. Do nothing, it works now and I should leave well enough alone.
> >
> > C. ? Your answer here ...
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
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Re: What Did I Do Right? (url and domain name change)

2015-08-06 Thread Aaron C. de Bruyn 
1. DNS doesn't really work that way in most situations.  Your browser
should cache it, your computer should cache it (especially Windows),
and your upstream DNS (usually your router) should cache it.  Your
computer literally stores 'mysite.com' = '1.2.3.4'.  It doesn't store
it per-page, but for the whole domain name.

2. How are the URLs generated in your application?  If your HTML
template literally has:  http://mysite.herokuapp.com/{% url
'home' %}">Home pagethen the only way to update the URLs for
your app would be to edit the template and fix them.  If you are
relying on django-sites to 'know' the base URL for your site, go into
the admin section and click on 'Sites'.  I think it's best practice to
not prefix my URLs with http://whatever...  Just use {% url 'home' %}
as it should return something like '/' for the URL (without
http://mysite.com).

A. Your ALLOWED_HOSTS setting should probably have both domains if you
want your transition to be smooth.  (i.e. the site works through both
URLs).  ALLOWED_HOSTS has no affect on what URLs you application
displays.

B. Definitely not.  Tweak, break, learn.  ;)

Hope that helps.

-A


On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 2:03 PM, Malik Rumi  wrote:
> I have 1 model from my django project up and running on django. Before
> adding more models and content, I wanted to use my actual domain name,
> instead of whatever.herokuapp.com. So after I got that straight, I realized
> that while the home page was mysite.com, the links were still
> mystite.herokuapp.com, which I think is a problem. But I also thought there
> had to be an easy fix for this, especially after I saw a post while I was
> searching for solutions that said django only cares about the stuff that
> comes after the domain name. So the first thing I did was change a hardcoded
> link in my navbar from mysite.herokuapp/newpage to mysite/newpage in my dev
> site. But testing it the url still said mysite.herokuapp.com/newpage. Then I
> got an idea, and I just manually changed the url to mysite/newpage and what
> do you know, it came up correctly. then I clicked around and suddenly all
> the pages on my model are coming up that way, which they were not half an
> hour ago. So the question: What did I do right?
>
> Here are my working theories:
>
> 1. The dns change, which I also did half an hour ago, worked for the home
> page immediately (I tested it at the time) but needed to propagate more for
> the other pages to work, which they do now.
>
> 2. By changing the url manually, django just fed the pages as requested
> without concern about the domain part of the url. If I start from
> mysite.herokuapp.com home page, the links still come up with that domain
> name.
>
> But how do I make this both universal and permanent?
>
> A. I could change allowed hosts setting, taking the herokuapp part out
>
> B. Do nothing, it works now and I should leave well enough alone.
>
> C. ? Your answer here ...
>
>
> Thanks
>
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Re: What Did I Do Right? (url and domain name change)

2015-08-06 Thread Bill Freeman 
Look at "Sites" in the admin.

On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Malik Rumi  wrote:

> I have 1 model from my django project up and running on django. Before
> adding more models and content, I wanted to use my actual domain name,
> instead of whatever.herokuapp.com. So after I got that straight, I
> realized that while the home page was mysite.com, the links were still
> mystite.herokuapp.com, which I think is a problem. But I also thought
> there had to be an easy fix for this, especially after I saw a post while I
> was searching for solutions that said django only cares about the stuff
> that comes *after* the domain name. So the first thing I did was change a
> hardcoded link in my navbar from mysite.herokuapp/newpage to mysite/newpage
> in my dev site. But testing it the url still said
> mysite.herokuapp.com/newpage. Then I got an idea, and I just manually
> changed the url to mysite/newpage and what do you know, it came up
> correctly. then I clicked around and suddenly all the pages on my model are
> coming up that way, which they were not half an hour ago. So the question:
> What did I do right?
>
> Here are my working theories:
>
> 1. The dns change, which I also did half an hour ago, worked for the home
> page immediately (I tested it at the time) but needed to propagate more for
> the other pages to work, which they do now.
>
> 2. By changing the url manually, django just fed the pages as requested
> without concern about the domain part of the url. If I start from
> mysite.herokuapp.com home page, the links still come up with that domain
> name.
>
> But how do I make this both universal and permanent?
>
> A. I could change allowed hosts setting, taking the herokuapp part out
>
> B. Do nothing, it works now and I should leave well enough alone.
>
> C. ? Your answer here ...
>
>
> Thanks
>
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What Did I Do Right? (url and domain name change)

2015-08-06 Thread Malik Rumi 
I have 1 model from my django project up and running on django. Before 
adding more models and content, I wanted to use my actual domain name, 
instead of whatever.herokuapp.com. So after I got that straight, I realized 
that while the home page was mysite.com, the links were still 
mystite.herokuapp.com, which I think is a problem. But I also thought there 
had to be an easy fix for this, especially after I saw a post while I was 
searching for solutions that said django only cares about the stuff that 
comes *after* the domain name. So the first thing I did was change a 
hardcoded link in my navbar from mysite.herokuapp/newpage to mysite/newpage 
in my dev site. But testing it the url still said 
mysite.herokuapp.com/newpage. Then I got an idea, and I just manually 
changed the url to mysite/newpage and what do you know, it came up 
correctly. then I clicked around and suddenly all the pages on my model are 
coming up that way, which they were not half an hour ago. So the question: 
What did I do right?

Here are my working theories:

1. The dns change, which I also did half an hour ago, worked for the home 
page immediately (I tested it at the time) but needed to propagate more for 
the other pages to work, which they do now.

2. By changing the url manually, django just fed the pages as requested 
without concern about the domain part of the url. If I start from 
mysite.herokuapp.com home page, the links still come up with that domain 
name.

But how do I make this both universal and permanent?

A. I could change allowed hosts setting, taking the herokuapp part out

B. Do nothing, it works now and I should leave well enough alone.

C. ? Your answer here ...


Thanks

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