Where can I post a "How-To" guide?

wxPython Users
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As the subject suggests I have written a simple “How-To” guide. It is for building and installing wxPython 2.9.5.0 from source, but could be adapted for 3.0.0.0 as well. I would like to post it to a place that all wxPython users (new and old) can view / use / critique it, suggestions?

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In reply to an email I received regarding which OS. This is essentially a beginners guide for Ubuntu users wanting to use wxPython 2.9.5.0 (and up) as it is not available in a repo package.

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On Friday, May 2, 2014 11:38:40 AM UTC-4, Mike Stover wrote:

As the subject suggests I have written a simple “How-To” guide. It is for building and installing wxPython 2.9.5.0 from source, but could be adapted for 3.0.0.0 as well. I would like to post it to a place that all wxPython users (new and old) can view / use / critique it, suggestions?

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Hi Mike,

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On 5/2/2014 17:38, Mike Stover wrote:

As the subject suggests I have written a simple "How-To" guide. It is for building and installing wxPython 2.9.5.0 from source, but could be adapted for 3.0.0.0 as well. I would like to post it to a place that all wxPython users (new and old) can view / use / critique it, suggestions?

I would put it onto the wiki, e.g. make a new page and then link it from this one:
http://wiki.wxpython.org/How%20to%20install%20wxPython

Werner

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Will do, thanks.

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On Friday, May 2, 2014 12:00:01 PM UTC-4, werner wrote:

Hi Mike,

On 5/2/2014 17:38, Mike Stover wrote:

As the subject suggests I have written a simple “How-To” guide. It is
for building and installing wxPython 2.9.5.0 from source, but could be
adapted for 3.0.0.0 as well. I would like to post it to a place that
all wxPython users (new and old) can view / use / critique it,
suggestions?

I would put it onto the wiki, e.g. make a new page and then link it from
this one:

http://wiki.wxpython.org/How%20to%20install%20wxPython

Werner

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Ran into an error while attempting to create the page… “You are not allowed to edit this page”
I’ve tried a few times with different page names, trying with and without a template. I will try by creating a link in the main page in a little while. Have to get back to work.

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On Friday, May 2, 2014 12:10:20 PM UTC-4, Mike Stover wrote:

Will do, thanks.

On Friday, May 2, 2014 12:00:01 PM UTC-4, werner wrote:

Hi Mike,

On 5/2/2014 17:38, Mike Stover wrote:

As the subject suggests I have written a simple “How-To” guide. It is
for building and installing wxPython 2.9.5.0 from source, but could be
adapted for 3.0.0.0 as well. I would like to post it to a place that
all wxPython users (new and old) can view / use / critique it,
suggestions?

I would put it onto the wiki, e.g. make a new page and then link it from
this one:

http://wiki.wxpython.org/How%20to%20install%20wxPython

Werner

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Hhm, it looks like Robin looked edit access to the wiki, probably
because of spam.
Werner

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Hi Mike,

  On 5/2/2014 19:33, Mike Stover wrote:

    Ran into an error while attempting to create the

page… " You
are not allowed to edit this page"

    I've tried a few times with different page names, trying with

and without a template. I will try by creating a link in the
main page in a little while. Have to get back to work.

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That does make things a little more difficult, but I can understand why the wiki is locked down.

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On Saturday, May 3, 2014 2:41:35 AM UTC-4, werner wrote:

Hi Mike,

  On 5/2/2014 19:33, Mike Stover wrote:

    Ran into an error while attempting to create the

page… " You
are not allowed to edit this page"

    I've tried a few times with different page names, trying with

and without a template. I will try by creating a link in the
main page in a little while. Have to get back to work.

Hhm, it looks like Robin looked edit access to the wiki, probably

because of spam.

Werner
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HI Mike,

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On Monday, May 5, 2014 7:50:58 AM UTC-5, Mike Stover wrote:

That does make things a little more difficult, but I can understand why the wiki is locked down.

On Saturday, May 3, 2014 2:41:35 AM UTC-4, werner wrote:

Hi Mike,

  On 5/2/2014 19:33, Mike Stover wrote:

    Ran into an error while attempting to create the

page… " You
are not allowed to edit this page"

    I've tried a few times with different page names, trying with

and without a template. I will try by creating a link in the
main page in a little while. Have to get back to work.

Hhm, it looks like Robin looked edit access to the wiki, probably

because of spam.

Werner

Yeah, he mentioned it was locked down to me because of security issues with the version of wiki software that site is running. I believe Robin is planning to upgrade to a newer version that has the relevant security patches, but I don’t know what his time line is. You could post it on your blog and link to it here until Robin gets that fixed.

Mike

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I honestly don’t have a blog yet. I may start one on my existing web server after I iron out some issues.

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On Monday, May 5, 2014 10:40:10 AM UTC-4, Mike Driscoll wrote:

HI Mike,

On Monday, May 5, 2014 7:50:58 AM UTC-5, Mike Stover wrote:

That does make things a little more difficult, but I can understand why the wiki is locked down.

On Saturday, May 3, 2014 2:41:35 AM UTC-4, werner wrote:

Hi Mike,

  On 5/2/2014 19:33, Mike Stover wrote:

    Ran into an error while attempting to create the

page… " You
are not allowed to edit this page"

    I've tried a few times with different page names, trying with

and without a template. I will try by creating a link in the
main page in a little while. Have to get back to work.

Hhm, it looks like Robin looked edit access to the wiki, probably

because of spam.

Werner

Yeah, he mentioned it was locked down to me because of security issues with the version of wiki software that site is running. I believe Robin is planning to upgrade to a newer version that has the relevant security patches, but I don’t know what his time line is. You could post it on your blog and link to it here until Robin gets that fixed.

Mike

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If you have a github account, often times people make small sites and stuff there also for code related stuff.
The repos have to be named a bit differently tho.
.io as the website ext and a few other things, IIRC.
That may be of interest as code can be hosted there also, etc.
It just depends on what you are most familiar with, tho the wiki is always a quick easy find for this type of subject.
I haven’t made one on github yet, but will do one eventually for code related stuff.

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I do have a GitHub account, I might go ahead and use that when I have some spare time. Unfortunately I’ve been extremely busy lately.

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On Thursday, May 15, 2014 4:19:49 PM UTC-4, Metallicow wrote:

If you have a github account, often times people make small sites and stuff there also for code related stuff.
The repos have to be named a bit differently tho.
.io as the website ext and a few other things, IIRC.
That may be of interest as code can be hosted there also, etc.
It just depends on what you are most familiar with, tho the wiki is always a quick easy find for this type of subject.
I haven’t made one on github yet, but will do one eventually for code related stuff.