django_fortunes's a Django application to store fortunes (snippets of quotes, eg. IRC/IM ones). Originally inspired by the « Fortunes » application, by Maurice Svay.
I'm discovering and learning both Python and Django while coding it, so don't expect too much reliability, but I would warmly welcome any code review against the code :)
If you're curious enough, you might check out the Symfony version of this app.
- Django 1.2 or more recent
django-registration0.7- Eventually, the
django-debug-toolbarif you plan to use the provided samplesettings_local.py.samplefile for a standard dev environment
Djortunes ship as a standalone application (located in the django_fortunes directory), and a sample Django project is also provided as an example of use (in the django_fortunes_example directory).
The better way to install dependencies (using a virtualenv is highly encouraged) is by using the provided pip requirements file:
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
You can adjust and override the project settings by configuring a custom settings file: a sample settings_local.py.sample file is provided within the example project directory. You can safely rename it settings_local.py and tweak its values.
Then, just run the ./manage.py runserver within the django_fortunes_example directory:
$ cd django_fortunes_example
$ ./manage.py runserver --settings=settings_local
Several settings are available in the django_fortunes application, and you can override their defaults in your project's settings.py configuration file:
# Maximum number of fortunes to be shown in lists
FORTUNES_MAX_PER_PAGE = 10
# Maximum number of top fortune authors to display in the sidebar
FORTUNES_MAX_TOP_CONTRIBUTORS = 5
This work is released under the terms of the MIT license.