Django Uwsgi Nginx 504 Gateway Timeout
I had a long running process (data import) and encountered 504 Gateway Timeout error. I use Nginx / uwsgi pair to serve my Django app. After doing some research it turned out that the problem is in...
View ArticleHow To Force Search API To Reindex a Node / an Entity
By default Search API (Drupal 7) reindexes a node when the node gets updated. But what if you want to reindex a node / an entity on demand or via some other hook i.e. outside of update cycle? Turned...
View ArticleFirst Steps To Do When You Start A Project With Ionic
Here are the first steps I do when I start developing a mobile app with Ionic Framework. Ionic has a great getting started page where the main steps are perfectly described, but I usually do a little...
View ArticleImprove Ionic's Performance in Android With Native Scrolls
Does your Ionic app feel sluggish on scrolls in Android? Well, there's a way to cure that. Ionic has introduced native scrolls in its latest release. In short: native scroll disables Ionic's JS...
View ArticleCreating Custom Template Filter That Injects Adsense Ad Code After N...
Injecting ads inside content is a very effective technique. Let's say you want to inject Adsense ad after first paragraph of text. To add such capability to our Django based website we need to create a...
View ArticleIf Your Ionic + Android / Crosswalk App Has Stopped Getting Data From a...
If you've enabled crosswalk browser for your Ionic based Android app and it suddenly stopped getting data from requests sent via $http that means that you've been automatically upgraded to Cordova 4.0...
View ArticleHappy birthday to me and Devel form debug module to you all
I’m turning 32 today. People love birthdays, to me it’s just another line number in a messed stack trace output (philosophy mode enabled). Two years ago I released a drupal module called Get form id...
View ArticleSaving file field uploads not in MEDIA_ROOT directory
I had a requirement recently to upload files to some kind of a private directory, not accessible via www. Of course, I used Django model's FileField to solve the task, but the problem was in a fact...
View ArticleInstall npm packages without sudo
If you run the following command to install npm package:npm install <package_name> and get an access error, you might be tempted to run this command with sudo and it'll work, but it's not a right...
View ArticleInstalling libsass (django_libsass) on Mac OS Yosemite
I started playing with wagtail recently (a very promisiing Django CMS) and they use django_libsass to compile their sass into css. Unfortunatelly, if you'll try to install django libsass via PIP on Mac...
View ArticleRunning Django manage.py commands from anywhere
One of the most annoying aspects of developing in Django for me is running manage.py commands: you need to be in the same directory with manage.py file in order to run a command. This is not...
View ArticleElasticsearch fails with error "This can result in part of the JVM being...
Well, basically, that means you have too low memlock limit setting in your OS. This can be easily fixed in two steps:1) Edit /etc/security/limits.conf file and add to the end:* hard memlock unlimited *...
View ArticleDefault Search API Sorts Per View in Drupal 7
It's been a while since I've written a post here (especially, Drupal-related). But today I have something interesting to share.There's a module called Search API sorts...
View ArticleJQuery.cookie in Drupal 7
A quick tip for all Drupalistas outhere: if you want to use jQuery.cookie in your project, you actually don't have to download and install the library. jQuery.cookie is a part of Drupal 7 and can be...
View ArticleCreating content blocks programmatically in Drupal 8
Let's picture this: you've created a custom content block type (let's say, Ad block) in your shiny new Drupal 8 installation and you want to automaticaly create a fresh new block of that type each time...
View ArticleInstalling cryptography (part of Scrapy) on Mac OS X
I'm leaving this tip as a note for myself, but I hope someone will find it useful too.If you try to install Scrapy or cryptography on Mac OS X, your pip install will likely fail with the message...
View Article"Error loading MySQLdb module Reason: image not found" error fix in El...
If you use mysql database in your Django project and when you run runserver command and get an error message similar to this: "Error loading MySQLdb module Reason: image not found" that means your El...
View ArticleAdd reCaptcha to your Drupal 7 forms programatically
If you want to add Google's reCaptcha (https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/index.html) to your Drupal 7 forms programmatically you need to follow these two steps:1) Install and enable captcha...
View ArticleThere's Wagtail CMS Admin Styleguide Available
In case you didn't know and always been wondering about the next wagtail admin icon class, there's Wagtail CMS admin styleguide which comes with core packages. To enable it just update your...
View ArticleSet Required and Optional Address Inputs for Address Field in Drupal 8
This one is dedicated to all my fellow Drupalers. There’s no better exercise for a brain than reading ancient chinese poetry taming Drupal 8. When I’m bored, I turn to Drupal!Recently I got my Drupal 8...
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