Monday, January 30, 2012

Re: Starting a new Python blog

@Aaron, good suggestion, I'll definitely look into it for a future
update, if only Twitter supported RSS feeds.

@Kate, yes I have considered changing the style of the site. I had no
idea the template would be so awkward when I first tested it. Now
that there's content, the styling really hurts navigation and overall
usability.

@Wc, I will make the change to open bookmarks in a new window/tab.
There is also the live bookmark feature available for Desktop browser
users, should work in all major browsers.

Kevin

On Jan 30, 7:47 am, Katie Cunningham <katie.ful...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Have you considered changing the styling of your site? It's a bit
> awkward to look at, since it looks like it was only made to fit on a
> much smaller screen. Perhaps you could look at Bootstrap, which is a
> much more flexible CSS framework?
>
> Katie
>
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Aaron Cannon
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> <cann...@fireantproductions.com> wrote:
> > For me, Twitter is the new RSS.  Any chance of setting up a feed for
> > new content notifications?
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> > Thanks.
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> > Aaron
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> > On 1/30/12, Kevin <kveron...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> It is good to see some subscribers this early on.  Thank you.  I have
> >> rolled out the updates for Tutorials and set the foundation for the
> >> Review system by starting a list of packages I frequently use, and
> >> hope to later review.  I hope to have the full review system live by
> >> the end of this week.
>
> >> The tutorials will also use the package list I built to build a list
> >> of dependencies required for the tutorial itself.  I hope this makes
> >> it much easier to follow tutorials by knowing which Python packages
> >> will be required before hand.  The package list has a summary of the
> >> package and a link to the website where it is maintained.  There are
> >> currently 2 tutorials available for consumption.  Both are videos I
> >> made on YouTube for Rackspace Cloud last year, so if your curious
> >> about how Rackspace cloud works, do check them out.
>
> >> There is a separate RSS feed for the tutorials:
> >>http://www.pythondiary.com/tutorials.xml
>
> >> I am planning on making a "Digest" RSS Feed which will contain the
> >> latest posts from each section, but will also keep the separate feeds
> >> there for subscribers who only want the blog, or just tutorials.
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> >> The site will remain ad-free for the time being, so that requests are
> >> quick for end-users.  I made use of the Django caching framework to
> >> also increase the response time.  I hope to keep the blog site quick
> >> and clean.
>
> >> Enjoy!
>
> >> On Jan 29, 5:06 pm, Mario Gudelj <mario.gud...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Same :)
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> >>> On 29 January 2012 19:11, Anler Hernandez Peral <anle...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>> > you have one subscriber over here and waiting to see more posts ;)
>
> >>> > --
> >>> > anler
>
> >>> > On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Kevin <kveron...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>> >> Hello Everyone,
>
> >>> >>  For sometime now I have been itching to create a Python blog, and
> >>> >> now the fruits of my labor have paid off.  I am ready to release the
> >>> >> blog to the public eyes.  At the moment it has 2 main features, a blog
> >>> >> portion, and a bookmark system.  Both the blog and the bookmark system
> >>> >> offer an RSS Atom feed.  The bookmark system is fully compatible with
> >>> >> "Live Bookmarks" to quickly access some of my top Python sites I visit
> >>> >> or visited recently which caught my eye.
>
> >>> >>  The website is called "Python Diary", a rather unique take on a tech
> >>> >> blog name.  The site itself has a diary-like theme, and is for the
> >>> >> most part very easily to navigate.  The website was completely built
> >>> >> using Python, the theme was taken from a wordpress theme website and
> >>> >> formatted to work with the Django template system.  The entire backend
> >>> >> is written from scratch using a few reusable Django apps, namely,
> >>> >> django-tagging, south, and cumulus.
>
> >>> >>  Now you might be saying, "Oh great, yet another Python blog".  But
> >>> >> wait...  I plan on setting this blog apart from the thousands of other
> >>> >> blogs in the world with some very unique features.  Features normally
> >>> >> found on commercial software blogs, movie and video game blogs is a
> >>> >> thorough review system.  I plan on going through many of the available
> >>> >> Python packages out there in the wild and basically reviewing them
> >>> >> like one would review anything else.  I do not see a dedicated Python
> >>> >> website which has reviews of many Python packages available in PyPi.
> >>> >> I plan on stating the usual pros and cons of the package, and
> >>> >> providing a score.  For example of how this type of review is
> >>> >> formatted, take a look at a CNET Review.
>
> >>> >> My new blog can be found here:http://www.pythondiary.com/
>
> >>> >>  Tell me what you think of the website in general, and the overall
> >>> >> idea for this blog.
>
> >>> >> If you would like to subscribe to the upcoming content, add this RSS
> >>> >> feed to your favorite RSS reader:
> >>> >>http://www.pythondiary.com/blog.xml
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