@Kent, that's some useful background info. @Marc, i also thought about the issue of Python hosts not supporting long-running processes. Do check with WebFaction though http://www.webfaction.com - apparently one can get Python hosting that allows installation of certain server modules e.g. mod_python, etc. I hope i understood you correctly.
Lloyd Dube. On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 9:28 PM, Marc Tompkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry to jump in the middle here, but I have a somewhat related > question... > > I have a few websites set up for my clients, mostly using Mambo/Joomla > (PHP-based). My clients tend to be small brick-and-mortar businesses > (doctors, lawyers, etc.) who merely wish to use their website as an > extension of their marketing effort, not as a storefront, and generally I > set the thing up / perform updates, etc. and turn over the day-to-day > running of the site (posting new articles/pictures/videos, running fora, > sending newsletters) to a member of their staff. > > I'd love to switch to a Python-based solution for my future and ongoing > projects, and Django looks very exciting to me, but... honestly, Django > won't run on most commodity-grade web hosts. And I'm frankly sick of > hearing the knee-jerk response "GoDaddy sucks! 1and1 sucks!" because, darn > it, they work just fine with Joomla. Django requires "long-running > processes", which a cheap webhost obviously doesn't like... > > I don't really have anything against Joomla - it's worked well for me - > but I do feel pretty silly raving about how great Python is, and then when > the subject of web development comes up having to shuffle my feet and say > "...ummm... well, there I use PHP. But Python's really great!" > I also don't have a love affair going with GoDaddy or 1and1, but they've > both been very affordable and (especially GoDaddy) very easy to work with, > which I can't say for a lot of other companies I've dealt with. They've > also both been around for a few years, and I'm confident that they still > will be there in a few more. These are all very important to me and my > clients. > I'd like - if possible - to use a relatively mature framework which I can > then extend. I'm happy starting from scratch and experimenting with my own > personal hobby projects, but in this area I'd like the core functionality to > "just work". > > So my question is: does anybody have a good Python-based CMS / template / > whatever framework up and running on a commodity-priced, shared webhost? If > so, which one? Which host? Inquiring minds wanna know. > -- > www.fsrtechnologies.com > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > -- Lloyd Dube
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