Where to put project files

Relative to the project root:

  • Put your template files in templates/
  • Put your static files (js/css/static images) in static/.
  • Put your layout template files in templates/layouts/.

Note

Anything you put in the static or templates directories will override the default GLAMkit static files and templates.

Python packages

GLAMkit projects use pip-tools to keep requirements fresh, even when the versions are pinned.

Add project-specific requirements to requirements.in and compile into requirements.txt by running pip-compile requirements.in.

Javascript/Node packages

You can specify additional Bower components in bower.json and Node modules in package.json.

How do I add project-specific URLs?

Create a urls.py file in a project folder of your choice, such as myproject. It can contain something like:

from django.conf.urls import include, patterns, url

urlpatterns = patterns(
    'myproject.views',
    ... your URLs here ...
    # finally, fall back to GLAMkit URLs.
    url('', include('icekit.project.urls')), # use `icekit.project.glamkit_urls` if this is a GLAMkit project
]

Lastly, in project_settings.py, override the default URL path:

ROOT_URLCONF = 'myproject.urls'

How do I override GLAMkit’s base template?

All GLAMkit templates extend a template named base.html which is automatically provided by GLAMkit. To change the base template, you can add a file named base.html into your root templates directory. This ensures that all GLAMkit templates will now default to using your template as a base.

To ensure maximum compatibility with GLAMkit’s conventions for block names, we recommend referring to the names in GLAMkit’s base template.

Where’s my virtualenv? How do I modify a source package?

If you’re running in Docker, the requirements are installed in the Docker image and aren’t on your local machine.

After opening a shell, you can see what those requirements are with:

$ pip freeze

Or install packages (into ./var/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages):

$ pip install django-debug-toolbar

Or install editable packages (into ./var/venv/src):

$ pip install -e 'git+https://github.com/ic-labs/django-icekit.git#egg=django-icekit'

Or list just the additional packages that you have already installed:

$ pip freeze --user

You can also create a requirements-local.txt file (ignored by Git) that will be installed automatically when the project is started.

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