Aleksandar Erkalović

Import Book from .docx file failed (because it "contains errors and cannot be converted.")
Hi Joris! What might be is that you need to install python-ooxml from the source https://github.com/booktype/python-ooxml instead of using pip package. We will fix this for the upcoming 2.1 release. Aco

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović July 2016 permalink
Deploying booktype as docker container
Hi Olaf, you can also execute ./manage.py file (so you don't need to load environment variables). It should be in /docker_book/ directory. But when it comes to this error, I would say that DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE is wrong, in your case it should…

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović January 2016 permalink
Booktype 2.0 -- can't export...problem with the json data?
Hi Quinn, go to your "/var/www/booktype/instance1/booktype2mpdf.php" file: Modify these 2 lines:

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović January 2016 permalink
Why not iframe in Booktype 2.0?
Hi, it would be possible to have this kind of plugin where you can embed video which is hosted somewhere else. For instance, include iframe code for youtube or some other side. It would require correct plugin for the Aloha editor, extensions for the…

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović January 2016 permalink
Deploying booktype as docker container
Forgot to say, if you decide to run web server and celery workers over supervisor, you would need to put correct supervisor configuration into the image (which includes directives for web server and celery workers) and then start supervisord service…

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović January 2016 permalink
Deploying booktype as docker container
Hi Olaf, I did not try to create the image but I quickly just checked the repository. Commands from the file https://github.com/OlafRadicke/booktype_with_docker/blob/master/docker/start.sh you (lines 6-11) should really be part of the Dockerfile an…

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović January 2016 permalink
Weird box won't go away in booktype
Hi John, popup is supposed to be shown only temporarily while you are in the editor and if your cursor is position on the link. There is some serious issue if you get it all the time on the screen and it does not go away if you refresh the page and …

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović January 2016 permalink
Showing the book to the public without logins
Hi John, as Administrator you can go to the Control Center. Go to the "Roles" -> "List of Roles" screen and edit "anonymous_users" role. There you can define permissions for the anonymous users. What you are interest…

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović January 2016 permalink
I'm a new user and I have a question
Hi Siavosh! Sorry for the late reply. No, there is no version for the Windows platform. The only way (if you want it locally on your computer) would be to install something like VirtualBox with Linux image and install it inside. It is annoying and e…

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović November 2015 permalink
Debian Package does not exist?
Hi Andy, this page covers how to install the package - http://sourcefabric.booktype.pro/booktype-20-for-authors-and-publishers/_draft/_v/1.0/automated-install-on-debian-or-ubuntu-gnulinux/ but I would recommend you manual method for now because we a…

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović November 2015 permalink
Publish Errors
Hi PhA! It is trying to communicate with the publishing engine. It thinks that publishing engine is at URL "/_convert/" and that is wrong, because hostname is missing. Check your dev.py or prod.py settings file and check the value of this …

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović November 2015 permalink
Automated install - error on UbuntuServer 14.04 and Debian 7
Hi! A lot of things has changed since then and we updated some things. I wrote a comment on this post - https://forum.sourcefabric.org/discussion/16930/failing-to-setup-local-instance-config-issue-not-sure-where-to-start- with some steps. If you wan…

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović November 2015 permalink
failing to setup local instance...config issue... not sure where to start...
Hi! At this point I would recommend manual install and to use Booktype from the github. This page has instructions how to install system dependencies and required libraries. Let's say you want to host it using Apache, PostgreSQL, ... Also, be …

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović November 2015 permalink
Some tags don't save in book
Hi! Do you have this problem with Booktype 1.6 or are you maybe using still unreleased Booktype 2.0 version? Aco

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović August 2015 permalink
Pdf generation failing - via api and internal publish page
Hi Mick, I checked the log files and it is failing because book is referencing some material which is not local. Normally it works but this time there are some issues with SSL or resolving the hostname. I did not check content a lot but I would say …

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović July 2015 permalink
Booktype 2.0 Arabic
You have to define "Arabic" and check RTL option in the Settings (when you are editing book). After that you would need to refresh page and after that editor will be able to handle Arabic. This option will be send to the publishing engine …

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović June 2015 permalink
Import from Booktype 1.6
Hi! You can export it as EPUB and then again import it. The other way of upgrade will be upgrade of Booktype 1.6 instance to Booktype 2.0. It will require some manual labour but it will be possible and is planned for the release. Aco

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović June 2015 permalink
Publish
Hi Robert! The wiki page you found is about PDF engine used in Booktype 1.6. BookJS+Renderer and wkhtmltopdf based engines. Because of certain issues we decided not to use them in Booktype 2.0. There are some other issues besides the ones listed on …

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović June 2015 permalink
Issues with Screen PDF
Hi Kate! At the moment we are working on brand new publishing engine. Version you are referring to parser content to find and (Header and subheader) elements. Newer version looks at the defined Table Of Contents. So you would have to wait for the…

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović June 2015 permalink
A server error occurred. Please contact the administrator.
Hi Freeman! If you check the log file you will see you are using Django version 1.6.1. Booktype 2.0 and fixed version of django-toolbar library works with Django 1.5. API in Django 1.6 changed so I would say this is why you got the errors. Try to re…

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović June 2015 permalink
booktype deployment
Hi Binayak, publishing process is still under development, documentation is not ready and we have not tested it on centos. But it should work. You need to manually download, install and configure mpdf application to make it work. In next couple of w…

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović June 2015 permalink
Publish
Hi Robert! The thing is you need to activate your Virtual Environment before you run that command. What you are missing is some python libraries which must be installed if you want to run Booktype. Here you can see instructions how to quickly create…

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović June 2015 permalink
Publish
Hi Robert! Objavi is not required for Booktype 2.0. Now publishing is integrated inside Booktype. Not everything is finished at the moment (including the instructions). At the moment Book PDF and EPUB are working. Yes, MPDF has to be configured and …

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović June 2015 permalink
visual issue
Hi Martin! Browser can not get your static files (images and css files) for some reason. There are couple of reasons why this could be happening and best would be to debug with Web Developer inside of browser to see what is going on. If you are usi…

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović May 2015 permalink
Booktype 2.0-dev install problems
Hi Albert! Well, if you don't have tables in the database after doing: ./manage.py syncdb --noinput ./manage.py migrate then something is wrong with the configuration. You should also get some error messages if these steps do not pass. If you a…

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović March 2015 permalink
Booktype 2.0-dev install problems
Hi Albert! You did all the steps where you do "./manage.py syncdb --noinput", "./manage.py migrate" and etc? No errors at all? Yes, these two commands would normally create all required tables and do needed migrations. There is p…

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović March 2015 permalink
Setting the profile from booktype.env or settings/base.py
Hi Daniel, DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE is used by Django to read the correct settings file. That is the most important configuration setting. You can find it also in manage.py and wsgi.py. For Apache entry point is wsgi.py file, so whatever is defined t…

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović March 2015 permalink
Can't create/edit chapter..
Hi! The issue is in Python Redis library. There is no handshake when client connects to the redis server and Python Redis library does not care much if you have older version of the Redis Server. Regarding of this it will use latest redis commands f…

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović March 2015 permalink
Issues with Screen PDF
Hi! I am late to the party but still worth to get an answer. There are two PDF renderers and I assume you used the first one (Book PDF and not beta renderer). To be honest, I am not sure what could be the reason for chapter title leading to the wron…

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović March 2015 permalink
Install error with django-admin.py syncdb --noinput --> settings.DATABASES is improperly configured
Hi Camille! I know I am late but still, it would be good to get answer just in case someone finds the question here on the forum. You need to edit settings file. This is in case of Booktype 1.6 and Booktype 2.0. It is this part of the settings. You …

Comment by Aleksandar Erkalović February 2015 permalink

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