Chrissy Wainwright

A Look at Using Wagtail Snippets with DjangoA Look at Using Wagtail Snippets with Django
September 7, 2022

A Look at Using Wagtail Snippets with Django

Wagtail 4.0 came out on Aug. 31 and with it came support for Django 4.1, which we just so happen to be using for our first Wagtail project — a new application that will be integrated within one of the client’s existing websites.

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How to Set Up a Plone Site with pip installHow to Set Up a Plone Site with pip install
April 5, 2022

How to Set Up a Plone Site with pip install

Plonistas have been dreaming of pip install plone for getting a new Plone project up and running for more than a decade. Learn how to get the alpha version of Plone 6 running using the pip install method.

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How to Set Up Python on Your New MacHow to Set Up Python on Your New Mac
February 1, 2022

How to Set Up Python on Your New Mac

Learn the steps needed to install Python and start working with virtualenv projects on your new Mac.

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Using Plone’s .zexp Export/Import for DebuggingUsing Plone’s .zexp Export/Import for Debugging
May 13, 2021

Using Plone’s .zexp Export/Import for Debugging

It’s best practice to debug or develop against the same content that is in production, but what should you do if there’s a limited amount of space to work with and the full production data can’t be pulled down? You can use Zope’s export/import.

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How To Collaboratively Edit Microsoft Office Documents within PloneHow To Collaboratively Edit Microsoft Office Documents within Plone
March 31, 2021

How To Collaboratively Edit Microsoft Office Documents within Plone

Plone out-of-the-box allows editors to upload files (e.g., a Microsoft Word document) that other users can view and download, but until recently, the option to collaboratively edit uploaded documents has not been an option.

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How to Build Mosaic Pages in PloneHow to Build Mosaic Pages in Plone
February 1, 2021

How to Build Mosaic Pages in Plone

Mosaic is a Plone add-on which allows you to easily build custom layouts for your Plone pages without having to do any custom development...

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Flexible Tile Layouts in Plone Using MosaicFlexible Tile Layouts in Plone Using Mosaic
May 1, 2020

Flexible Tile Layouts in Plone Using Mosaic

Mosaic makes it possible to build custom Plone layouts without having to edit templates or build custom views...

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Trac-Slack Integration with TracbotTrac-Slack Integration with Tracbot
February 11, 2020

Trac-Slack Integration with Tracbot

We are always looking for ways to speed up our development process and streamline communication. The tools are not always readily in place to fit our workflow, so we often need to create our own...

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Why You Should Upgrade to Python 3Why You Should Upgrade to Python 3
December 19, 2019

Why You Should Upgrade to Python 3

Python 2's End of Life is January 1, 2020. At Six Feet Up, we're prepared a critical list of reasons why you need to upgrade to Python 3...

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