what is the best step by step install guide for OSQA on webfaction?

I got it working ok in the end.

Here's what I learnt.

• After creating your account, give it 4 hours or so for all the background tasks to settle down
• Don't install in a sub-directory. It's just not worth it. Put it in root, put it in a sub-domain, but not a sub-directory. IF you put it in a sub-directory, you'll be chasing half-broken links forever.
• Use the webfaction script: https://wiki.webfaction.com/wiki/InstallScripts#OSQA
• Do not do anything else with your webfaction account while that script is running.

• Once installed, check osqa/settings_local.py - make sure APP_URL is set to the full URL of your site, without a trailing slash:

  APP_URL = 'http://sub.myaccount.webfactional.com'

• Every time you change a *.py file (or httpd.conf) , to see the results, you'll need to restart the server: run apache2/bin/restart in a SSH session on their server.

• EDIT:

• I recommend having 3 apps altogether, on the website; the first is OSQA itself.

• The second is a symbolic link, static-only, to /home/your-acccount-name/webapps/your-osqa-app/lib/python2.6/django/contrib/admin/media , which you map on your website to /admin_media

• The third is a symbolic link, static-only, to /home/your-acccount-name/webapps/your-osqa-app/osqa/forum/skins , which your website will map to /m

These last two symbolic links mean that static pages like images, *.js and *.css get served as static pages, rather than going through Django, meaning that your pages get served faster.