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Webfaction is a hosting company which offers managed shared or dedicated servers.

Webfaction is an hosting company which offers managed shared or dedicated servers. A very popular feature is the one-click installer for various web frameworks (django, ruby et al.) and services (wordpress, drupal et al.) . Their services are based on SoftLayer's data centers in US, Amsterdam and Singapore.

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Postgres function upper doesn't work for cyrillic (version 9.4)

This question is similar to Postgres doesn't search case-insensitive unicode regex But it appears that upper function doesn't work as well? Also, it seems that encoding on server utf8 I use webfaction private postgres instance on CentOS 6 and don't…
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ActiveAdmin can't find jquery.ui.datepicker

ActionView::Template::Error (couldn't find file 'jquery.ui.datepicker' (in /home/raimat/webapps/keita/gems/bundler/gems/active_admin-2ae0a9e09bf9/app/assets/javascripts/active_admin/base.js.coffee:2)): 7: <%= stylesheet_link_tag…
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Django site on Webfaction - how the flow of information works, and integrating with Pycharm remote dev

I have been learning Django in the development mode for a two months and I am up to speed with most basic aspects of python + django now. However, I was using the built-in runserver till this time Now, I have got a Webfaction hosting account and…
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Django site doesn't work with DEBUG=False

I am using Django 1.5, and I am aware of the security issue requiring the ALLOWED_HOSTS argument to include the host. The site is hosted on webfaction. When I set my production site to DEBUG = False, I get 500 errors for every page. The error I get…
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ecommerce django app on webfaction versus VPS/DS versus Cloud Servers like EC2

Firstly, some background - I have been mostly using VPS/DS and EC2 for the django apps I build for the past 3-4 years. On webfaction, I have only been deploying "trivial" apps or "personal blog apps" using both django and wordpress. My biggest…
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Can't verify site with LetsEncrypt

I have been trying to get an SSL certificate for a site using LetsEncrypt, "a free, automated, and open certificate authority (CA), run for the public’s benefit". There is an ACME shell script that is meant to make the process of using LetsEncrypts…
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Django Deployment Process to Webfaction.com

Trying to streamline a deployment process to webfaction.com for my django application, I have a master (working copy) and a development branch. currently I'm doing the following: Make changes to my development branch in my local dev…
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dropboxd on linux server has stopped syncing

I installed the dropbox linux client on a server and everything was working fine for a few months. Then on 18/5/2014 it stopped syncing for some reason. I suspected the server had been restarted so I restarted dropbox: ~/bin/dropbox.py…
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What are some possible sources for an intermittent 404 error in Flask?

I'm building a database (Postgresql) driven site using Flask on Webfaction and I'm getting some strange 404 errors. Here's what happens: after clicking through 4-5 pages on the site, there is usually a 404 error. Reloading the page (either Ctrl-R,…
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Installing Meteor on Webfaction

I am having a problem Installing Meteor on Webfaction and setting up sites and apps , as i look through there is no detailed instructions how to achieve this , and Webfaction support is not providing detailed support as well . First issue : How to…
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Webfaction Mezzanine ALLOWED_HOSTS 200 error

So my site shows up fine with DEBUG = True, but I get a 200 server error when I change it to False. I've been reading around and saw that 500 errors are common but I can't find anything on a 200 error. My local_settings.py file doesn't have an…
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Django - SMTPAuthenticationError

I got this error when I tested the account sign up form. I am using the django-registration package. I have all the necessary template files in place. I am using WebFaction for hosting. I a beginner at Django and Python. Please talk to me like I am…
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How to install Mezzanine on Webfaction Server

I've been choosing a django CMS for my personal site, and I decided that Mezzanine would be the one that most satisfies my needs. But I find it impossible for me to install it on Webfaction. There's all kinds of errors going on, and for a noob like…
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Cropping image in Django causes substantial memory increase

I've recently run into a problem with my Django project and memory usage on WebFaction. Here is the two processes running in memory for this project on webfaction: 30396 4-20:20:00 13486 30404 4-20:20:00 13487 After the view is run one of the…
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Trouble installing dropboxpython api (with ssl) on webfaction

I developed a Django app that uses the dropbox api. On my development environment on windows it works perfect which uses python 2.7. I tried deploying it to my site (hosted by webfaction), which I originally setup with python 2.5. If I try to run…
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