Open Creative

This is an open-source project for creators using Django. Pull requests welcome.

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Getting Started

Clone repository to your local machine:

1. From your intended location, run: git clone [repository]
2. cd to the project folder

Set up virtual environment:

Note: if Anaconda is running, like (base), run: conda deactivate

1. Run: python3 -m venv env
   • If you do not have virtualenv set up, run pip install virtualenv
2. To activate, run: source env/bin/activate
   • (To deactivate, run: deactivate)
3. Ensure your virtual environment is running Python 3.x,
   • verify by running: python --version

Install project requirements:

1. Run: pip install -r requirements.txt
2. Install Postgres: brew install postgres and Postgres.app (https://postgresapp.com/)
3. Create an issue on this project to request access to configuration files (settings.py) and assign to @acary

Set up database

1. Ensure Postgres 11 is running on port 5432
2. Run: python manage.py makemigrations and for each module:

python manage.py makemigrations blog
python manage.py makemigrations feed
python manage.py makemigrations playlists
python manage.py makemigrations products
python manage.py makemigrations projects
python manage.py makemigrations social

3. Run: python manage.py migrate to apply migrations

Run project

1. Run: python manage.py runserver
2. Install individual packages with pip as needed (pip, django, psycopg2, django-widget-tweaks)