eConvenor

eConvenor is Django web application which helps people convene a group more effectively.

Installation for local testing or development

1. Clone the eConvenor Github repository: git clone https://github.com/econvenor/econvenor.git
2. Set up a new virtual environment using virtualenv: mkvirtualenv development
   • You need to have virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper to do this.
   • Yuo can install them with: sudo pip install virtualenv virtualenvwrapper
3. Install requirements.txt: pip install -r requirements.txt
   • If this fails, do sudo apt-get install python-dev postgresql libpq-dev then try again.
4. Set these environment variables in your .bashrc (DO NOT use these values for PRODUCTION):
   • ECONVENOR_ADMIN_URL=administration
   • ECONVENOR_DATABASE_NAME=econvenor_database
   • ECONVENOR_DATABASE_PASSWORD=ncds8rbce7
   • ECONVENOR_DATABASE_USER=eonvenor_database_owner
   • ECONVENOR_EMAIL_PASSWORD=no_email_password
   • ECONVENOR_EMAIL_PORT=no_port
   • ECONVENOR_ENVIRONMENT=development
   • ECONVENOR_SECRET_KEY=13480dj3io12nrb4786ydge76gq78yd3b
5. Set up a local database: manage.py syncdb
   • During this process, set up a superuser with account name superuser, email superuser@econvenor.org and password superuser.
6. Migrate the database: manage.py migrate
7. Load test data from fixtures: manage.py loaddata testdata
   • This sets up a user with email ash@econvenor.org and password ashanderson1! and populates that account with test data.
8. Start the local server: manage.py runserver
9. Point your browser to localhost:8000 and sign in as ash@econvenor.org.

Issue tracker

eConvenor's issue tracker is at https://trac.econvenor.org