One of the programming projects I decided to work on was learning how to build websites using Python and Django. So I'm in the process of using this blog as a guinea pig to get everything figured out.
The work is coming along nicely.
I managed to get a good workflow figured out that allows me to develop the website on my local computer, test it there, then deploy it to a test server and set everything up in an automated way. When everything is ready to go live all I will have to do is repoint the domain name to the production server. Everything should just work.
The one major difference when moving from this Wordpress install to something I write myself is that wordpress gives me a lot of stuff for free and I have to program or install and configure components for a django website.
The test website includes a major overhaul of the website theme. I'm going for a very minimal look.
Check out the progress at
test.halotis.comWhat I need to still do is:
- Write a script to convert all my posts to the new database
- Add XML-RPC so I can post with my desktop tools
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