How to customize Biostar
All custom settings should import from the main settings:
from biostar.settings.base import *
Within this new file users need to only override only the settings that are to be changed.
Templates that are to be modified need to be copied to a new directory. Example from:
biostar/server/templates
directory to:
org/bioconductor/templates
so that it retains the same relative path. If the template was located
in a subdirectory of the templates directory this same
subdirectory would need to be created in the new location as well.
To activate the Bioconductor templates users need to ensure that
org/bioconductor/templates
directory is listed ahead of the other directories in TEMPLATE_DIRS variable.
For example in the custom settings module:
TEMPLATE_DIRS = [THEME_PATH] + TEMPLATE_DIRS
Run biostar in an environment where the new file is listed as a python module name
(not file name) or the DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE environment variable
# The file is called foo.py
export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=foo
The settings file must be located in a directory that Python can import. This can be achieved by adding the directory that stores the new settings file to the Python path:
# The full path is /home/biostar/bar/foo.py
export PYTHONPATH=/home/biostar/bar:$PYTHONPATH
export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=foo
Biostar may be customized via a number of environment variables that otherwise have default values. Export an environment variable with the given name to override a setting. Default values:
DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = biostar.settings.base
BIOSTAR_ADMIN_NAME = Biostar Admin
BIOSTAR_ADMIN_EMAIL = [email protected]
SECRET_KEY = [email protected]
EMAIL_HOST = localhost
EMAIL_PORT = 25
EMAIL_HOST_USER = postmaster
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = password
These settings are for convenience only. The custom settings file that a user creates may choose to directly specify any of these settings.