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Custom FAQ and ABOUT pages

Where are the FAQ and ABOUT pages located in the source?

I managed to stand up a production osQA instance using djangos, python, mod_wsgi, mysql, ubuntu, apache2, virtualenv! Its working awesome so far, my progress man be viewed here:

http://lostquery.com

I made a custom css sheet this morning...

Also what is the best method to upgrade my osQA install now that its deployed? Do I run an svn ontop of my production dir?

Thanks for the great software!

asked 01 May '10, 18:24

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Wow, I LOVE your site. Let's get you onto the OSQA gallery as soon as possible! Please email me - rick@dzone.com - and we'll get you listed.

(01 May '10, 20:46) rickross ♦♦

Wow, your site looks really cool, very nice :-)

Well, the about page is editable through the administration panel, and if your sources are recent enough (from the last few days or so) the faq page should be to.

As for upgrading OSQA, if you run a svn update on top of your installation folder it should run fine (we do that), you only need to pay attention if there are any new migrations to apply, and in that case you'll need to run:

manage.py migrate forum

Another thing you need to pay attention (since you have a custom css file) are modifications to the default css file, which in that case would override your custom file.

So, what I advice you to do, is under forum/skins, create a new folder, for example lostquery, then inside of it create media and inside media styles. Then put your custom css inside styles.

Finally, edit your settings_local.py file, and change OSQA_DEFAULT_SKIN to 'lostquery' (or the name you gave to your skin).

Then, each time there are changes in the default css, you'll have to apply them to your custom css to. Usually you'll only be interested in new rules, we add them from time to time whenever we add a new element to the ui, and usually they go to the end of the style.css file, so they are easily spotted.

Other than that, you should be fine :-)

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answered 01 May '10, 19:04

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Hernani Cerq... ♦♦
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Thank you very much! I just figured out the facebook applications openid... (just acquired a facebook yesterday). this is my first experience with Django, I didn't know that I could change the skin in the settings.py, that would make it safer when I upgrade. Keep up the good work!

(01 May '10, 19:21) Russell Ball...

Thanks :-) That skins thing is our simplistic approach to custom skins for OSQA, is not a django thing. But our plan is to make them way more simple bu powerfull. But for now it will do.

(01 May '10, 19:28) Hernani Cerq... ♦♦
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