django-blog-it

Simple blog package developed with Django.

Features:

• Dynamic blog articles
• Blog pages
• Contact us page (configurable)
• google analytics
• SEO compliant

Installation

1. Install django-blog-it using the following command:

   pip install django-blog-it
   
   
           (or)
   
   git clone git://github.com/micropyramid/django-blog-it.git
   
   cd django-blog-it
   
   python setup.py install
   

2. Add app name in settings.py:

   INSTALLED_APPS = [
      '..................',
      'simple_pagination',
      'django_blog_it.django_blog_it',
      '..................'
   ]
   

3. Include the django_blog_it urls in your urls.py:

   from django.conf.urls import include
   
   urlpatterns = [
       url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
       url(r'', include('django_blog_it.urls')),
   ]
   

4. After installing/cloning this, add the following settings in the virtual env/bin/activate file to start discussions on blog articles

   You can create your disqus account at https://disqus.com/profile/login/
   
   # Disquss details
   
   DISQUSSHORTNAME="Your Disquss Short Name"
   
   export DISQUSSHORTNAME
   
   # google api key for short url
   
   API_KEY="google api key"
   
   export API_KEY
   
   # google captcha
   
   GOOGLE_CAPTCHA_SITE_KEY="Site key"
   
   export GOOGLE_CAPTCHA_SITE_KEY
   
   GOOGLE_CAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY="Secret key"
   
   export GOOGLE_CAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY
   
   # Google Analytics Account
   
   GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ID="UA-123456789"
   
   export GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ID
   
   # Google Login
   
   GP_CLIENT_ID="google client id"
   
   export GP_CLIENT_ID
   
   GP_CLIENT_SECRET="secret key"
   
   export GP_CLIENT_SECRET
   
   # Facebook Login
   
   FB_APP_ID="facebook app id"
   
   export FB_APP_ID
   
   FB_SECRET="023df180c6d868e76a02aec17134c843"
   
   export FB_SECRET
   
   # Default E-mail
   
   DEFAULT_EMAIL="[email protected]"
   
   export DEFAULT_EMAIL
   

5. If you cloned the package from git use virtualenv to install requirements:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

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