Python Eats Tail

PythonEatsTail.com explains its own creation. It contains written and video tutorials on all elements of its own creation. The goal is to show all that is needed to build and deploy an example Python site. While all tutorials are obviously related, they are as self-sustained as possible and can be read and viewed independently from each other (more...).

Overview of all themes

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Custom User Model

A custom user model is a prerequisite for keeping the flexibility to add fields to …
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Authentication

Any site that wants to register users will need some form of authentication. The popular …
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Multiple languages

Django and Wagtail offer excellent support for multiple languages. In the articles below a number …
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Wagtail Streamfield options

Wagtail's Streamfield by default has many different types of fields, such as text, images, email, …
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Navigation

A flexible and editable navigation menu builder can be used for a main menu, submenus …
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Testing

Testing your site is of course crucial. There are many ways of testing and many …
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Deployment

Your application is developed and tested, it's time to serve it to the internet. That …

Featured articles

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Backup and restore a Django site

Data can and will get lost. In this tutorial we will backup and restore the …
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Deploying a Wagtail site with Gunicorn, Nginx and Supervisor

This tutorial explains how to set up Gunicorn, Nginx and Supervisor on a Linux server …
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Testing a Wagtail site with Factory Boy

To test a site it should have some content. In this video we will test …
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A language switch for multilingual Wagtail sites

Creating a language switch that returns to the home page in the desired language is …
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Adding custom editable navigation to a Wagtail site

A good navigation menu is crucial. In this article we will create a flexible menu …
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Adding code and code blocks to StreamField in Wagtail

Wagtail's flexible StreamField facilitates many types of content. In this tutorial we will add inline …
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Translatable webpages in Wagtail

In this tutorial we will make a Wagtail site multilingual.
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Social account signup and login with allauth

The package allauth offers excellent functionality for login, signup and more. This tutorial will show …
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Wagtail with a custom user model

Combining Wagtail with a custom user model requires setting up both before migrating the database. …

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