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Satchmo Site Upgrade

Posted on June 22, 2009 by chris

This weekend, I completed some changes to the Satchmo site. The Django code running the site was all pre 1.0 so I knew there were some tweaks I needed to make to bring it up to 1.1 standards. For the most part, it wasn't too terribly bad. Outside of some minor syntax changes with the admin app, the biggest change was updating comments to the new django code base. I ended up using django-threadedcomments for the new comment functionality. After a bit of tinkering, I did get it up and running and am hopeful that it will be useful for the discussion. The other component that took a lot of time was figuring out how to dump and load all the posts and comments. Through the magic of dumpdata, loaddata and modifying the json files, it seems to have worked out pretty well. Outside of the basic cleanup and new threaded comments, the newest feature to the site is an enhanced store gallery - http://www.satchmoproject.com/stores/all If you haven't looked at the variety and sophistication of the Satchmo stores in the wild, I highly encourage you to do it. Read More

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Satchmo Diaries

Posted on May 15, 2009 by chris

Bob Waycott from Medium Labs has written some great articles on customizing Satchmo. Read More

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Satchmo 0.8.1 Release

Posted on December 15, 2008 by chris

Satchmo 0.8.1 is released. This release has some minor bug fixes and improvements. Read More

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Using Django Permissions

Posted on November 28, 2008 by chris

I recently had the need to use the Django permission system and couple it with newforms admin. There were a couple of tricks in the process so hopefully this will be useful for you. Read More

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Satchmo 0.8 Release

Posted on November 25, 2008 by chris

After 6 months of development activity, Satchmo 0.8 is now released and represents the first official Satchmo release that is compatible with Django 1.0. Read More

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Satchmo DjangoCon Video Available

Posted on September 15, 2008 by chris

The satchmo YouTube video and presentation from Djangocon are now available. Read More

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Thoughts from DjangoCon 2008

Posted on September 11, 2008 by chris

I'm back from Djangocon and wanted to write up a few notes regarding the trip. Like most people have already commented, Djangocon was a great conference. The talks were almost universally well done - interesting, engaging and I had some good learning from almost every one... Read More

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Satchmo at DjangoCon

Posted on July 20, 2008 by chris

The Satchmo team is very pleased to be invited to present at DjangoCon. Now, we need to figure out what we should say! Read More

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Satchmo 0.7 Release

Posted on May 26, 2008 by chris

After nearly 7 months of development, the Satchmo team is very pleased to announce the release of Satchmo version 0.7. Read More

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Another Satchmo Store

Posted on February 14, 2008 by chris

Another Satchmo store - http://www.heartlandstores.com is live and ready for the world. Read More

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