Daniel James

setuptools ImportError
In the meantime I would recommend that you upgrade your local pip and setuptools: pip install -U pip sudo pip install setuptools --upgrade

Comment by Daniel James January 2018 permalink
setuptools ImportError
Hi Milton, Which GNU/Linux distro and version are you running please? We'd like to help you fix this. Cheers! Daniel

Comment by Daniel James January 2018 permalink
Install on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Hi, I've filed this ticket on your behalf: https://dev.sourcefabric.org/browse/BK-2369

Comment by Daniel James October 2017 permalink
Help me install on MAC OSX
Hi Damian, in the target directory such as $HOME/mybooktype does the manage.py file exist?

Comment by Daniel James September 2017 permalink
Translate a book
It depends on which tools your translators use, and which input/output formats those tools require. It may be that you can use a third-party tool for the translation task, then use Booktype to manage and output the final versions of the translations…

Comment by Daniel James July 2017 permalink
Translate a book
A previous version of Booktype did have a feature to clone books directly, that was removed in favour of EPUB import. When a book is cloned, it is a new independent copy, so any image changes in the original would not automatically take place in the…

Comment by Daniel James July 2017 permalink
Translate a book
Hi, I suggest that you start by asking your translators which tools they use, if any. For example, some translators use add-ons for Microsoft Word, so if you need to use .docx format this will affect your workflow. If they use HTML based tools, tha…

Comment by Daniel James July 2017 permalink
Install on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Thanks for the report, the apache package name has been updated in https://github.com/booktype/booktype-packaging/commit/32d2903848cfce3c0fc24ca97c1cdbb1a62e1fcd

Comment by Daniel James June 2017 permalink
Help me install on MAC OSX
Hi Chris, Redis and Apache do two different jobs on a Booktype server. You always need Redis but Apache is optional, there are several other web servers available for the public-facing pages. At the end of the OS X tutorial we aim to have a test…

Comment by Daniel James June 2017 permalink
Install on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Hi Peter, That is correct, we do not have explicit support for Ubuntu 16.04, however the package is fairly generic and should work on any recent Debian or Ubuntu distro. In addition to the apt repository, there are also daily snapshots at http://a…

Comment by Daniel James May 2017 permalink
book export isn't working
If you take a look at your dev.py or prod.py settings file, the NAME value is part of the database settings stanza. So for example if you are using a postgresql database called booktype-db it should be something like: 'ENGINE': 'djang…

Comment by Daniel James March 2017 permalink
book export isn't working
Hi, thanks for the report of the command line export failure, I will alert the developer team. As for the message saying 'Exporting, please wait' forever, that sounds like your background tasks aren't running. Please see the section …

Comment by Daniel James March 2017 permalink
snapshot builds are broken
I have opened a ticket https://dev.sourcefabric.org/browse/BK-2171 to fix this.

Comment by Daniel James February 2017 permalink
book export isn't working
Which export option are you using please?

Comment by Daniel James January 2017 permalink
snapshot builds are broken
Hi, thanks for the reminder, we had not updated the snapshot script for the 2.1 release. For now we recommend the git install. Cheers! Daniel

Comment by Daniel James January 2017 permalink
Import files and Formatting issues
That's correct, the button on the Dashboard is for creating a new book. In a future version we will enable uploading .docx or .epub as an individual chapter. You can copy and paste from book to book inside Booktype of course.

Comment by Daniel James January 2017 permalink
Import files and Formatting issues
The Booktype version is shown in the Control Centre landing page. When logged in, click on your name in the top right corner and you should see this link on the drop-down menu if you have superuser permissions. On your Dashboard, you will see an Im…

Comment by Daniel James January 2017 permalink
Import files and Formatting issues
Hi Douwe, are you able to update to the latest version of Booktype (from git)? Or did you use the automated install from .deb package? In the current version of Booktype you can import EPUB or .docx files as new books from your Dashboard. Both thes…

Comment by Daniel James January 2017 permalink
how to set up a recent version of booktype
Hi, good to hear you got it working! I think a new thread for each type of error is a good idea, it helps others to find the solutions. I suggest we start with the page errors, please start a new thread with full details. Cheers! Daniel

Comment by Daniel James January 2017 permalink
how to set up a recent version of booktype
Hi, I'll break this down into points :-) 1. You can use /etc/hosts to point to any machine, whether virtual or not. This is useful if your subdomain does not exist in DNS, but in this case you don't need it any more. 2. If you have set v…

Comment by Daniel James January 2017 permalink
how to set up a recent version of booktype
Hi, this failure to load the interface is a common issue when using a domain that doesn't exist or a local IP address. If you do not have a real domain to use yet, I suggest setting up a fake one in /etc/hosts Please take a look at the source …

Comment by Daniel James January 2017 permalink
Installation problem !
Hi Michael, it should not be necessary to hack the links and it would probably cause more breakage :-) Here is a tutorial that explains the hosts file on various platforms: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/27350/beginner-geek-how-to-edit-your-hosts…

Comment by Daniel James January 2017 permalink
Installation problem !
Hi, does http://booktype.mydomain.com actually resolve on the machine you are using to test the Booktype interface? This is just meant as an example as mydomain.com is a real domain belonging to someone else.

Comment by Daniel James January 2017 permalink
Installation problem !
For a production profile instance most of the CSS will be served from the directory: static/core/css/The step of the installation which populates this directory is: ./manage.py collectstaticIf you view the source of your Booktype homepage, are the l…

Comment by Daniel James January 2017 permalink
Installation problem !
If you don't have a real domain name, you can set up a fake one in the /etc/hosts file of the machines on the local network: 192.168.1.69 booktype.mydomain.com booktype and on the server, use the local address: 127.0.1.1 booktype.my…

Comment by Daniel James January 2017 permalink
Installation problem !
These values should match and be based on a fully qualified domain name. For example: THIS_BOOKTYPE_SERVER = 'booktype.example.com' BOOKTYPE_URL = 'http://booktype.example.com'

Comment by Daniel James January 2017 permalink
Installation problem !
Hi Michael, If you don't see the graphics then it suggests the hostname might be missing from the configuration file, such as prod.py. Please check the values of: THIS_BOOKTYPE_SERVER BOOKTYPE_URLCheers! Daniel

Comment by Daniel James January 2017 permalink
Installation problem !
Hi Michael, a happy new year to you too, I'm glad you got Booktype running :-) If you would like to add or correct any French strings in the interface, you might like to join our translation team at https://www.transifex.com/sourcefabric/teams…

Comment by Daniel James January 2017 permalink
Installation problem !
Hi Michael, This error refers to the Python module for redis rather than the redis server. Installing Python dependencies with apt-get may not work because Booktype requires specific versions. See https://github.com/sourcefabric/Booktype/blob/mast…

Comment by Daniel James January 2017 permalink
Installation problem !
Hi Michael, this error just means that the system cannot find where your Python modules are installed. Try the command: pip show unipathIt should output something like: Location: /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages

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