Add section in readme about less compilation

tangentlabs · Jul 30, 2013 · a01854b · a01854b
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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ based on the ideas in the two apps mentioned above.
 .. _`django-frontend-admin`: https://github.com/bartTC/django-frontendadmin
 .. _`django-content-blocks`: https://github.com/KevinBrolly/django-content-blocks
 
-
 Installation
 ------------
 
@@ -76,9 +75,16 @@ everything up and running:
 
             ...
 
+**Compiling CSS:** the CSS used by fancypages is generated by less using
+``django-compressor``. This means you have to have ``lessc`` installed on your
+system or in your virtualenv. You can either take care of that yourself or
+use the ``requirements_less.txt`` file with ``pip`` to install both into your
+virtualenv::
+
+    $ pip install -r requirements_less.txt
 
-That's been a bit of work, hasn't it? Well done! Your should now be able to 
-access the fancypages dashboard after staring the Django server by running 
+That's been a bit of work, hasn't it? Well done! Your should now be able to
+access the fancypages dashboard after staring the Django server by running
 ``./manage.py runserver`` or whatever else you do for that. A very basic
 dashboard should now be available at:
 

diff --git a/requirements_less.txt b/requirements_less.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+virtual-node==0.0.4
+virtual-less==0.0.1-1.3.3