backmeup-frontend is a user interface for backmeup (https://github.com/backmeup/backmeup-prototype) built on top of django and python requests library.

backmeup-frontend features:

• custom auth backend to validate authentication agains backmeup REST API
• dango session handling and rights management
• django i18n
• responsive design

Install

• install python modules listed in backmeup-frontend/misc/pip-requirements.txt
• setup apache vhost. example vhost and wsgi config files are in backmeup-frontend/apache/
• copy/symlink django project settings file to backmeup-frontend/project/settings/settings.py and review/edit it to your liking.
• create a db and make sure the db connection settings in the settings.py are correct!
• open the shell and do:
  • $ cd backmeup-frontend/project/
  • ...activate virtualenv (if there is any)
  • $ ./manage.py syncdb
  • $ ./manage.py migrate
  • $ ./manage.py collectstatic

FRONTEND-DEVELOPMENT

• Compass: this project uses scss with the compass-framework. DO NOT edit css-files directly. any changes will be overwritten. for more information see: http://compass-style.org

• Modernizr: this project uses a custom-build of modernizr for feature detection and enabling html5-elements for older browsers. for additional feature-detection a new customized modernizr needs to be build. for more information see: http://modernizr.com