This is the Mozilla Webpage Maker Thimble App project.

We will be using slowparse to assist users in editing their HTML.

This repository was originally forked from playdoh. See its full documentation for more help.

Getting Started

Before embarking on setting up this app, you will want to install mysql. In particular, make sure that mysql_config is an executable on your PATH.

You'll also want to get virtualenv.

Installing the prerequisites on Ubuntu

Use sudo apt-get install <packagename> to install the following packages (it is always a good idea to run sudo apt-get update to make sure you will be receiving the most up to date repository list before installing):

• mysql-server
• libmysqlclient-dev
• python-dev
• python-pip

To install virtualenv, run sudo pip install virtualenv.

(Python itself comes installed with Ubuntu, you will not need to install this separately. In fact, doing so may cause problems)

Setting up webpagemaker

Once all prerequisites are installed, run the following commands:

git clone --recursive git://github.com/mozilla/webpagemaker.git
cd webpagemaker
virtualenv .virtualenv
source .virtualenv/bin/activate

Proceed with the installation by running the following commands in the webpagemaker directory:

pip install -r requirements/compiled.txt
cp webpagemaker/settings/local.py-dist webpagemaker/settings/local.py

At this point you'll want to edit the local.py file, which contains all the settings used when talking to the MySQL instance, including login credentials.

If you want to use the default database mentioned there, playdoh_app, you can create it using this command:

mysql -u root -e 'create database playdoh_app;'

OR by using this command, if your MySQL is password protected:

mysql -u root -pYourPassWordHere -e 'create database playdoh_app;'

Then, synchronize the tables and initial data:

python manage.py syncdb

Note that you might get prompted to create a superuser. If you do, go ahead and make one, since you can use the admin interface to manage your pages.

Then, bust up the initial migrations:

python manage.py migrate

Finally, start the development server:

python manage.py runserver

You can view the development server at http://localhost:8000/.

Whenever you create a new terminal session, you'll need to re-run source .virtualenv/bin/activate to activate your virtualenv.

Troubleshooting

Mac OS X

Developer Tools

If you get errors claiming that install_name_tool or gcc can't be found, make sure you have either XCode or the Apple command-line tools.

MySQL

If you get the following error:

django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb module: dlopen(/Users/.../site-packages/_mysql.so, 2): Library not loaded: libmysqlclient.18.dylib
  Referenced from: /Users/.../site-packages/_mysql.so
  Reason: image not found

You will need to add the path to your _mysql.so to DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH in your ~/.profile like this:

export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/mysql/lib

Note that you may also need to put MySQL's bin directory on your PATH like so:

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/mysql/bin

Other READMEs

Some of the Django apps in this project have their own README:

• webpagemaker/learning_projects/README.md
• webpagemaker/api/README.md

Other Resources

• Official Project Status Page
• Weekly Call Info
• [Google Group](http://groups.google.com/group/mozwebpagemaker/topics?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/mozwebpagemaker/topics?hl=en)

Etherpads

• webpagemaker-meeting
• webmaker-for-summer-campaign
• webpagemaker-pitch
• design-principles
• webmaker-rfc
• assessment-builder

License

This software is licensed under the New BSD License. For more information, read the file LICENSE.