If something goes wrong please check the following for help. If your problem is not listed please add it after fixing.
If you see errors like this...
File "./manage.py", line 5, in <module>
import settings
ImportError: No module named yaml
...then you probably forgot to set the virtualenv for your current session. See the VIRTUALENV section in INSTALL.txt.
If you see errors like this...
Error: No module named XXXX
...then you might need to make sure your modules are up to date. Run:
pip install -r ../requirements.txt
...to get all the modules that Pombola needs. This may be necessary ifyou have updated your Pombola by pulling from the git repository since your initial installation and the requirements have changed.
If you see error like this...
DatabaseError while rendering: column XXX does not exist
...then you may need to run a database migration. Run:
./manage.py migrate
...to make sure your database is up-to-date with your current installation. This may be necessary if you have updated your Pombola by pulling from the git repository since your initial installation. It's safe to run even if there have been no changes.
Check that the database has PostGIS added to it
If location searches black then check that the external requests to Google are not hanging.
Try deleting the cached search in httplib2_cache
Point your browser at /status/memcached/ - first hit should save a val to
cache and subsequent ones should show that it is in the cache until the ttl
expires.
Check that you are not logged in, and don't have a sessionid or csrf_token cookie - both of which will cause caches to fetch you new content.
The home page displays a random featured person (typically an MP) provided there is at least one in the database with can_be_featured set to true. To choose people to feature, log into the admin and choose people from Core > Persons. Select the individuals you want to feature by the checkbox "can be featured" for each one.
There is a management command core_merge_people that can do this for you.