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NISER Archive

Sit tight. ~~If migrations fail, delete everything (the repo, the database, etc.) and start over.~~ (I have learnt this the hard way: DO NOT TRACK MIGRATIONS FILES, and everything works fine.)
Install:
- python : Install python 3.9.25 or lower preferably using pyenv(or the more modern uv) as django 2.2.28 does not support python 3.10 and above
- postgresql : Last checked with postgresql18
Clone the repo.
Create a virtual environment using the python version you installed and run pip install -r requirements.txt.
You'll have to provide /arc/local_settings.py(look at the example file attached).
Install nodejs and npm systemwide(if not present already) and then cd to /main/static/main and npm install jquery popper.js bootstrap katex showdown open-iconic.
Make a new database in postgresql and register the database and db account credentials in local_settings.py
cd to the cloned repo (while you're still in virtual env) and run: python manage.py collectstatic, python manage.py makemigrations main, python manage.py migrate
Start the server: python manage.py runserver or you can run an apache server, thats how the deployed server is running presently. Configuring an apache server is very machine-specific. Google how to do it on your machine.)
For verification mails, update the 'dmn' variable in views.py to the current ip/domain at which you are hosting the site.
Please let me know if you're unable to run it on your machine.

User model: currently we are using django-authtools which is not compatible with Django 3.
Django 3: Make the source compatible with Django 3. I believe that django-authtools is the only thing that is not compatible, but there might be other dependencies which don't support Django 3 yet.
Non-Upload Items: Add support for items which are not necessarily file uploads (for example, links).

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