So far only the category management interface has been done in curses. But I've written a nice little toolkit of curses functions for common tasks, so the rest of the interface should be ready soon. Hari's Corner
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Posted on Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 20:01 IST (last updated: Thu, Mar 25, 2010 @ 20:49 IST)
Since I'm working on an ncurses interface for BiaWeb I thought I would share a few screens here.
So far only the category management interface has been done in curses. But I've written a nice little toolkit of curses functions for common tasks, so the rest of the interface should be ready soon.
So far only the category management interface has been done in curses. But I've written a nice little toolkit of curses functions for common tasks, so the rest of the interface should be ready soon. My reviews site is powered by BiaWeb static CMS
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Posted on Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 22:05 IST (last updated: Tue, Mar 23, 2010 @ 22:07 IST)
I have now switched my reviews site to be generated from BiaWeb the static CMS I wrote in Python a few days ago. The earlier version was written by a similar script but it was generated from text file sources and not a database as it is now.
The site looks and works just the same as before, with a few subtle enhancements thanks to the database source. I'll just list them below.
- Each article now has a creation/modification date. Earlier this was not possible as using the source file modification date was not a reliable method to determine the date of creation.
- Each article now has a visible star rating. So there is now no problem in seeing which books/movies/TV shows I rate highly without reading the full review
- The RSS feed is now auto-generated from the articles list in the database, instead of from a separate file.
- List of best-rated reviews in the sidebar.
- There is no longer a separate site-updates page which was superfluous and unnecessary extra work to maintain.
- Each review now has its own set of META keywords and descriptions. This will enhance site SEO for what it's worth.
- Better control over URLs generated.
- More control over site appearance through templates.
The Legalease - Episode 12
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Posted on Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 14:43 IST (last updated: Mon, Mar 22, 2010 @ 14:43 IST)
Enjoy 
BiaWeb - static website/blog creation tool
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Posted on Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 11:30 IST (last updated: Tue, Mar 23, 2010 @ 22:05 IST)
I've finished creating a static website/blog creation/management tool in Python called BiaWeb.
It runs from the command line and is a fully interactive application. The generated website is fully static HTML but it also features a CGI script for providing a basic search engine. It also generates an RSS feed.
The website generated by this application is similar to the reviews section of this site with a few additional enhancements, so you should have a good idea of how it works.
More details and download in the BiaWeb home page. BiaWeb is also on gitorious.
The Legalease - Episode 11
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Posted on Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 21:08 IST (last updated: Sun, Mar 14, 2010 @ 21:08 IST)
As usual, a little early. 
The Legalease - Episode 10
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Posted on Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 21:55 IST (last updated: Mon, Mar 8, 2010 @ 18:29 IST)
With this I've run out of my buffer. I'll need to step up and draw a few more episodes this week. Hopefully I'll keep up the schedule.