Check the site5 forums for hints, it looks like wsgi isn't available on the shared hosting plans but fastcgi is. There are some Django how to threads you may be able to work off of and combine with what's in chapter 11 of the web2py book.
~Brian On Dec 3, 11:21 pm, RyaneD <scadzomb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Now I do understand that I am probably asking a very rudimentary > question but in the end I need a rudimentary answer that I am just not > finding. Or if I am finding I don't know what i am looking at. > > A little background: I have experience in Python and in Web Design, > not much in the incorporation of the two which is the main reason I > have looked into Web2py. I am needing to build a website that is rich > in features that HTML and CSS just can not handle and I need to be > able to program it fast. Now I can get Web2py working on my Local > computer just fine, no problem. I am even jumping into the actual > development rather quickly and easily. The framework is really > extremely helpful in the quick implementation of code and I am very > grateful that it exists. > > Before I get too far in the programming and development of the site > that is needed I needed to make sure that I can get it hosted on the > internet and that it will work, and this is where it falls down. I > have only ever worked in html, xhtml, css, or javascript when it comes > to the internet and I do not understand the intricacies of apache or > wsgi or CGI at all. I am currently having a mental block on this area > and it is causing me intense frustration. > > Simply put, how do I setup web2py coming from my webhost (in this > casewww.site5.com) I have setup a virtual enviroment and unzipped the > source of web2py on the website. I can run the script web2py.py and > get it to prompt that it is running a server but I do not know how to > access it and I am under the impression that the web2py.py script is > really made for development not deployment of websites. > > It should be noted that one of the main features I need is automated > database evaluation and manipulation. > > Any help is extremely welcomed and I would be most grateful. I am > simply running out of time to be stumped by what is most likely a > simple issue.
