We can now use Amazon S3

mitxmako/middleware.py

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 
 from mako.lookup import TemplateLookup
 import tempfile
+from django.template import RequestContext
+
+requestcontext = None
 
 class MakoMiddleware(object):
     def __init__(self):
@@ -39,3 +42,7 @@ class MakoMiddleware(object):
         import mitxmako
         mitxmako.lookup = lookup
 
+    def process_request (self, request):
+        global requestcontext
+        requestcontext = RequestContext(request)
+#        print requestcontext

mitxmako/shortcuts.py

@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ from django.template import Context
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 
 import middleware
+from django.conf import settings
+
+from mitxmako.middleware import requestcontext
 
 def render_to_string(template_name, dictionary, context_instance=None):
     context_instance = context_instance or Context(dictionary)
@@ -23,6 +26,8 @@ def render_to_string(template_name, dictionary, context_instance=None):
     context_instance.update(dictionary or {})
     # collapse context_instance to a single dictionary for mako
     context_dictionary = {}
+    context_instance['settings'] = settings
+    context_instance['request_context'] = requestcontext
     for d in context_instance:
         context_dictionary.update(d)
     # fetch and render template

settings_new_askbot.py

@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ import sys
 import djcelery
 
 LIB_URL = '/static/lib/'
+LIB_URL = 'http://mitxstatic.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/js/'
 BOOK_URL = '/static/book/'
+BOOK_URL = 'http://mitxstatic.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/book_images/'
 
 # Our parent dir (mitx_all) is the BASE_DIR
 BASE_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(__file__, "..", ".."))
@@ -327,3 +329,4 @@ BROKER_TRANSPORT = "djkombu.transport.DatabaseTransport"
 CELERY_ALWAYS_EAGER = True
 
 djcelery.setup_loader()
+