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Swastikas, obscenities painted on homes, cars
MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. —Police in Middleborough are investigating after swastikas and obscenities were spray-painted on at least four homes and nine cars in one neighborhood over the weekend.
The vandalism was discovered Saturday morning by an officer on patrol.
Lt. Robert D. Ferreira Jr. said the graffiti appears to be random and not aimed at specific people or families, and it does not appear as if the swastikas were aimed at Jewish families.
There was no word on any suspects or arrests.
Sharon Sherman tells The Enterprise her home and car were vandalized. She attributed the graffiti to kids "just being stupid."
Most of residents hit cleaned up the graffiti on their own.

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The next version of the colour correction software for video makes it usable on smaller screens.
Adobe has given us a sneak peek at the next version of its SpeedGrade video editing software, alongside upgrades to After Effects, Premiere Pro, Prelude and Audition – as well as formally launching its network-based editing system Adobe Anywhere.
SpeedGrade was originally developed by Iridas, and was aimed at traditional colour grading suites with large monitors. The first release under Adobe's banner – SpeedGrade CS6 – was essentially Iridas's software rebadged with integration with Premiere Pro added. For the new version, Adobe has tidied up the interface so it's usable even on a laptop: controls and scopes can be hidden.
2-up and 3-up displays (above) allow you to match colours from scene to scene, while a new grading layer (below) allows you to apply effects and Looks across the whole timeline. SpeedGrade can also match colours to imported stills – so it should be easy, for example, to match the colour for a grade to a painting by an Old Master. Grades from scenes can be also output for editing in Photoshop.
Other new features include the ability to display just luma information in the waveform monitor.
While Adobe has released updates to tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver for free to subscribers to its Creative Cloud service, the company is talking about these new features in terms of the 'next version' of the software, leading us to believe that this will be SpeedGrade CS7 – so a paid-for upgrade available for non-Cloud members and free to those who are. We've also received information pointing to the next version of AE that was demoed at the same time is After Effects CS7.
Adobe After Effects CS7 to include a live 3D pipeline with Cinema 4D Lite
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[Pages 196-197]
Yosef Kohan
He was a native of Mashkovtsy in region of Orheyev. His father was a shochet in the town. He spent the better part of his youth in Orheyev, where he came to study and teach. As a teacher, he proved his pedagogical ability worthy of the name. He was one of the activists in Tzeirei Zion.
He made aliya to the Land in 1923. Here as well, he dedicated himself to the worker's movement.
We read the following in Davar from January 3, 1958.
Yosef Kohan, one of the veterans of the Hamekasher Company, died at the age of 58. His friends from work, the secretary of the workers' committee M. Brem, friends from the council, the acting vice mayor M. Ish-Shalom, as well as friends and relatives participated in the funeral.
As a member of Hechalutz, he worked in the development work, stonecutting of Jerusalem stone, and other tasks. From 1931, he worked in the accounting division of Hamekasher.
He was modest, with clean hands and a pure heart. He was prepared to help his fellow in his profession.
[Page 197]
Zila Levinson
Zila Gondelman finished the ORT sewing school, and immediately went to work with one of the sewing enterprises in the city.
Her father died while she was young, and the responsibility of supporting the orphaned nine person family fell upon Zila. She concerned herself with spiritual satisfaction at the same time. She joined the Poale Zion party and started productive activities.
In 1933, she entered Hachsharah in Fokshany, Romania along with her husband Moshe Levinson. There as well, Zila excelled with her diligence and dedication to work. She endeared herself to everyone.
Immediately thereafter, in July 1934, they made aliya to the land. Zila was happy. However, the pains of assimilation came quickly. The search for work and difficulties of settling in were their lot. However, Zila, with her great energy, bore the yoke and supported and strengthened her husband.
They encountered many obstacles and difficulties. Zila overcame them all during her 20 years of living in the Land. However, she did not have the strength to overcome one of them. She took ill with a serious illness. She succeeded in marrying off her daughter, and her refined soul left her a few days later.
People from near and far extended last honors to her. A fine tree was cut down in the midst of its blossoming.
[Pages 197-198]
Eliyahu Ben-Zion and Pesya (wife) Furer
Ben-Zion was born in Akkerman (Bessarabia) in 1880 [2]. He was orphaned from his father at a young age. Nevertheless, he received a traditional education during his childhood, studying Torah and Judaism. He moved with his mother to Beltsy at the age of 12, and they moved to Orheyev about two years later. There he was accepted as an apprentice by Hinzl Polonsky, the owner of a writing materials store and bookbinding workshop. There was also a lending library, primarily for Yiddish books. This was before there was a public library.
Ben-Zion learned about the business of the store through his work in bookbinding. When the lending library was placed under his control, he broadened his knowledge in Yiddish literature. He exhibited talents in all these areas, and with time, he was the de facto manager of the business.
During that time, at the end of the 19th century, it was a brazen act on his part to turn the attention of the readers to the new Yiddish literature. Obtaining such literature was quite expensive, and this was obviously against the interests of the owner of the store who was forced to exchange the old literature with books of Mendele, Shalom Aleichem, Deninzon, Peretz, etc.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the student Steinbach arrived in our city. He made contact with Steinbach and recommended some of his friends to him. He placed a condition that he should teach the friends Bible, literature and Hebrew as well, for Ben-Zion was a Zionist, and he would not have agreed that his friends should receive guidance and education that is foreign to their spirit. For they, like him, were inclined toward the vision of national revival. This group that was composed of tradesmen later established the foundation for the loan and savings fund for tradesmen in our city.
From his youth, Ben-Zion bore in his heart the vision of the revival of the Jewish nation and the Hebrew language in its land. He was one of the enthusiastic followers of the Zionist activist Avraham Borsutsky, and he frequented his house. He participated in all activities of the movement that took place at that time. When his turn came to set up a Jewish home, he married Pesya of the Hentin family of Orheyev, left his place of work with Polonsky and opened up a store for writing implements. On account of his great diligence, his business acumen and the participation of his wife, he succeeded in developing his small store into a first class business in the region of Orheyev.
In 1904, the year of Herzl's death, Ben-Zion had a son, whom he named Herzl after the leader. He gave the rest of his children Hebrew names. He educated them in the national spirit.
However none of this quenched his thirst for independent national life. His desire to build his permanent home for his family in the Land of Israel was great. In the summer of 1912, Ben-Zion took his oldest son Herzl and went to visit the Land in order to see from close up the conditions of settlement, with the aim of making aliya with his family later. He took his eight year old son Herzl with him in order to set him up in the Herzliya Gymnasium in Tel Aviv. It became clear that this was impossible due to the young age of the child. They returned to Orheyev and prepared immediately for the aliya of the entire family. In the interim, WWI broke out, and the Furer family was forced to delay their aliya.
With the Balfour Declaration, Furer renewed his preparations to actualize his vision. Ben-Zion convened a group of those interested in the idea in Kishinev, and lectured them in a very detailed fashion about the various issues of settling in the Land. In the meantime, he concluded his preparations for aliya.
Ben-Zion Furer and his group arrived in Jaffa on Chanukah of 1920. During those days, before the improvement of the conditions of settlement for members of the middle class, the members of the group did not succeed in obtaining land for settlement despite their efforts. The members began to scatter slowly but surely, with everyone seeking out his own means of livelihood. Ben-Zion also decided to grasp at anything that he could. He opened a book and writing implement store. He was the first to open such a store in Tel Aviv. With time, thanks to his diligence and his fine relations, the name Furer became popular among teachers and students, and he earned an honorable livelihood.
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Pesya followed her husband's Zionist path with her great intelligence. With her full agreement, Furer decided to make aliya to the Land and to liquidate their business for that purpose. The obstacles in their path to settling in the Land were many. Pesia withstood the disturbances of 1921 and all that was related to them with spiritual calmness, without uttering complaints against the Land. On the contrary, she drew near and encouraged the newcomers to the land. She attempted to ease their difficult suffering during the first days of their absorption. A large number of Orheyev natives were guests in their home. Those in need turned to Pesya for help in every difficult situation. On occasions, a sick person outside of the city who required prolonged medical care would find shelter and rest in family style in their home. At the threshold of happiness in her life, fate turned against her and she died in a work accident in her home.
Many of the natives of our town appreciate her and will remember her in their hearts.
[Page 198]
Peretz and Leah Portnoy
Peretz worked diligently in the transporting business. He was the first to acquire a transport truck to serve the Orheyev-Kishinev route. This was a bold and important step in those days, which later brought additional improvements in communications. Their only son made aliya, and later the entire family followed in 1936. Thanks to their diligence and life experience, they reached a very satisfactory economic situation.
In Israel as in the Diaspora, they answered the call of all who required their help.
In the later years, Leah became seriously ill and died. After a short time, her husband Peretz also died.
[Pages 198-199]
Levi Petrushka
His love for his fellowman was great, especially to those who were preparing to make aliya to the land. His love for the Land was great and enthusiastic. His greatest desire was to make aliya to the Land and settle there. When his daughter Etia made aliya to the land, he waited eagerly for the day when he and his family would be able to make aliya.
In the meantime, the war broke out with all its fury. He and his family uprooted themselves from their hometown and wandered to Uzbekistan in far-off Russia. When he returned to Chernovitz after the war, he did not find spiritual rest, and he desired to go to the Land. He succeeded, and made aliya with his wife in 1955. He was so enthusiastic about the landscapes of the Land and its flourishing. He wished to return to the work of the land which was his calling throughout his life. However, he died suddenly, and Levi was removed from his family and friends in an untimely fashion.
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
A thought on spiritual experience in fiction
If you were actually in a Greek theater and actually saw a man with a really cool, brightly colored mask appear to fly through the air, the spectacle may have been enough to take away both your breath and your sense of story logic. The convenient miracle might have seemed perfectly acceptable.
But on paper, the deus ex machina moment is pretty underwhelming. If the story makes us feel the deep nobility of human struggle, it's disappointing just to have a solution handed down from a god. And so today, young writers are often taught to avoid any convenient solutions from the outside.
But where does that advice leave a religious writer whose actual life experience involves the active influence of the divine? How do you balance a desire to depict life-changing spiritual experience with traditional cautions against the deus ex machina?
A fourteen-year-old's talk on the Holy Ghost just before my daughter's confirmation on Saturday gave me what seems like a good answer: in life, revelation is typically the beginning rather than the end of a story. Because for every prompting of the Holy Ghost that comes, there's an immediate human question: how will you receive it?
The culmination of your spirituality doesn't come when you feel God, but when you find your own way to live in accordance with that experience.
Once the talk pointed this out, I realized the principle is everywhere in the scriptures. If the Book of Mormon were structured like Greek theater, it would open with a long sequence of Lehi in a decadent Jerusalem searching for goodness which would end with a god showing up and showing Lehi the light. But the Book of Mormon starts with Lehi's first vision and then goes on to ask how he's going to live it out. And opening with the divine is far stronger than closing with it.
Or consider the story of Alma. You could write a play where young Alma fights the church and does bad things and his father worries until--cue the angel--divine interference simply solves the core inter-generational problem. But the Book of Mormon doesn't tell the story like that. Scene one ends with an angel: the rest of Alma's long saga is about where that experience takes him and how he deals with the painful and difficult situations his choice to become a prophet later land him in.
In the Book of Mormon, revelations don't end our problems. They launch our journeys.
So sure, in a relatively agnostic era, where even many people who believe in God don't really believe he talks, it may be tempting to treat God as the surprise and to try to show spirituality by giving readers a sense of the guidance or comfort it provides.
But people don't read to see people change without effort, and the Bible doesn't teach that belief in God solves anything on its own.
I am a very religious person, but I think I would be disappointed by a story that starts with a young man puzzling over what to do with his life and ends when a revelation shows him what to do. I'd be interested, though, in a story that starts with something like: "On October 18th, 2008, the voice of the Lord came to Felix Hernandez, saying: go to grad school, my son."
We deserves stories that show the richness of revelation and the unique setbacks and triumphs people experience through deep religious commitment.
Will taking this structural cue from the scriptures help us write them?
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I think so.
James, I believe we are sharing at least portions of a brain. You'll see what I mean.ReplyDelete
(And I'm getting excited.)
I have a couple of questions, but I'll post them over at EMW or somewhere.
Speaking of spiritual experience in fiction, how goes the self publishing? I'm sooo wanting to share your book with my friends.ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm actually taking a cue from you and reading the entire book out loud as a revision technique. My wife and I are about 40% of the way through now, doing a lot of tightening and making the tone more consistent.Delete
Nick Stephens, whose art I've linked to from this blog, is working on the cover design.
The launch date goal is before BYU's fall semester starts on August 27th.
I'll keep you posted. And maybe write something about it on this blog.
- AnonymousJuly 13, 2012 at 6:55 PM
I love the idea that a talk by a 14 year old solved the religious writer's dilemma. Not the first time ideas from a 14 year old had a major impact on religious thought.ReplyDelete
Auntie Sheila
Perfect after I told the 16 and 17 year olds that Hollywood has nothing on the BOM and our Lesson in RS about Revelation. Love it!ReplyDelete
Shalom, Br. Goldberg,ReplyDelete
I am new to your sites. I am a Jewish convert also. I assume you are a Sephard from an Orthodox congregation? I love your writing and your way of seeing the world.I wonder if you would be interested in looking at some I have done? I read that you are a playwright. I have a play based on my book: People of The Book (Am ha Sefer Torah)and it needs an editor, producer, etc.
Mainly, I'd love to know your story and testimony of the Church. Perhaps we could communicate through email?
Marlena Tanya Muchnick (Baker) Ashkenazi
I was actually raised in the Church--the picture is from a movie I'm in.Delete
My grandpa Art was a culturally proud agnostic Jew. His parents were immigrants from Romania, so my roots are Ashkenazi--the Sephardi look probably comes from having Punjabi roots on my mother's side.
We still do Hanukkah and Passover in my house and I fast on Yom Kippur. I do think Jewish traditions are entirely compatible with Mormon faith, and have found that many second and third generation Jewish Mormons like me agree.
We are living in interesting times. Everything is changing, including the ways we think about life and death. Furthermore, as baby boomers move into our middle years, we are having to face issues around transition that we are not always prepared for. We are recognizing that we want to do things very differently from the way we've seen them done in past generations. And we need guidance as we proceed down this road less traveled.ReplyDelete


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Morrison & Foerster Come to the Rescue on Superstorm Sandy
Monday, February 18, 2013
- City Bar Justice Center
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In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, the New York City Bar Association reached out to Morrison & Foerster LLP to assist storm victims. The firm was already well known for its outstanding work providing Helping Handbooks to victims during September 11th, Hurricane Katrina and other disasters, so calling on them to assist after Superstorm Sandy was an obvious choice. Heeding the call, Morrison and Foerster provided Superstorm Sandy Helping Handbooks for affected New Yorkers in record time. Working around the clock, the firm put together a Handbook that provides an overview of issues that victims may face and resources that are available to them as a result of Superstorm Sandy. Within ten days of the storm, Morrison & Foerster completed the handbooks and had them off to the printer! As of this month, ten thousand copies have already been distributed to storm victims by community organizations, neighborhood community centers and legal service providers.
The Handbook is targeted to individuals, families, and small businesses in New York affected by Superstorm Sandy. The New York City Bar owes a debt of gratitude to Morrison & Foerster and the following individuals from the firm who assisted in providing such an amazing resource in record time: Luke Bagley, Jennifer Brown, Jinyoung Choi, Larry Cohen, Daniel Hannon, John Hempill, Alexander Lawrence, Jamie Levitt, Jeremy Mandell, Dan Matza-Brown, Barbara Mendelson, Takeshi Miyamoto, Benjamin Smiley, Paul Thornfeldt and Jenny Wang.


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San Diego County Supervisor Bill Horn delivered an upbeat State of the North County address on Thursday in a Carlsbad aircraft hangar, where the frequent roars of aircraft coming and going punctuated his remarks.
In the speech, Horn — whose 5th District stretches from Carlsbad and Oceanside to the Anza Borrego desert — emphasized what he described as North County's key accomplishments and the strength of county government.
"Your county is either the first or second-most financially sound county in the country," Horn told the crowd. "That doesn't happen by chance."
Premier Jet hangar owner Richard Sax welcomed Horn from the podium, and then Carlsbad Mayor Matt Hall introduced him to the gathering of area residents, business people and elected officials.
Each speaker repeatedly referred to the loud interruptions at McClellan-Palomar Airport as "music" and "money in the bank" because of the business and tax revenue it brings to the region.
The past year has been full of changes, Horn said, mentioning the county's first new chief administrative officer in more than 13 years, Helen Robbins-Meyer, and the first new supervisor in 18 years, Dave Roberts.
He said he hopes that Roberts, who has the coastal district just south of Horn's, will become "the second supervisor of North County."
Horn spoke of a bright future for Carlsbad's McClellan-Palomar Airport.
"Another great asset we have in North County is this airport," Horn said. "I can't emphasize enough how important this is."
He said he initiated a study last year to determine whether the airport's only runway could be lengthened by about 1,000 feet.
The 15-month study is expected to cost $767,000.
With a longer runway, Horn said, the airport could bring in quieter jets and increase its commercial airline flights.
Horn touched briefly on the county's efforts to prevent and fight wildfires and the many millions of dollars spent on public works projects such as road improvements.
The county's commuter rail system continues to grow, said Horn, who is also chairman of the North County Transit District board.
"We are working on building a new train station on Camp Pendleton," he said, which will further increase the Coaster's riders.
The supervisor diverged briefly from his prepared remarks to mention the Wednesday night shootings of four teens, two fatally, in a park in a gang-troubled Oceanside neighborhood.
"Despite what happened last night, we've had good success" fighting gangs, Horn said.
"We are going to continue to keep the pressure on."
Horn defended the county's Community Enhancement Grants, which are handed out to local groups by individual supervisors.
For years, taxpayer advocates have criticized the program as a kind of "slush fund" used to curry votes.
"That money is going to a good cause," Horn said, mentioning the $230,000 he has allocated since 2001 to the Boys & Girls Club of Carlsbad.
He concluded his remarks Thursday by emphasizing the county supervisors' efforts to boost economic development.
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For more than 175 years, the John Deere Company has been researching and developing innovative farm equipment that strives to improve agricultural productivity. These 10 antique John Deere tractors highlight the original model designs that paved the way for the modern equipment we rely on today.
Waterloo Boy
The first Waterloo Boy tractor was first released in 1914 in a variety of models and engine sizes. In 1918, the John Deere Company purchased the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company and continued to sell tractors under the Waterloo Boy name until 1923.
Dain All-Wheel Drive
In 1918, the Dain tractor became the first tractor produced for sale by Deere & Company with the John Deere name; today, it's one of the oldest known antique John Deere tractors. The 4-cylinder John Deere Dain All-Wheel-Drive tractor was built with features that weren't widely used in the Deere line until 1960.
Model D
The Model D (aka John Deere Industrial) tractor was first released in 1923; production continued until 1953. Original Model D tractors came equipped with steel tires, but Deere engineers realized the design was not compatible with hard surfaces, so, in 1925, they swapped out steel tires for rubber tires.
General Purpose
1927 saw the release of the John Deere Model C, but the name was changed to "General Purpose" in 1928 to avoid confusion with the "D" tractor when dealers were phoning in orders to the factory. The John Deere Standard GP was the first row-crop tractor released by the company and offered five distinct versions over the course of its production.
Model A General Purpose
In 1934, the John Deere Company began producing Model A GP row-crop tractors that featured a 3-wheel, tricycle designed to improve maneuverability and reduce the efforts of steering. Eight versions of the Model A GP tractor were built during the 20 years of its production.
Model G (GM)
In 1937, Deere released their largest row-crop tractor yet with the "Unstyled" Model G. The Model G tractor underwent three style transformations during its 12 years of production. During WWII, the name was changed to Model GM (General Modern) in order to receive government approval for a war-time price increase. After the war, the name switched back to the Model G.
Restyled Model D
In 1938, Deere hired designer Henry Dreyfuss to restyle the Deere agriculture equipment and, in 1939, a new style of the 1926 Model D tractor was released. The restyled Model D was a 42 hp row-crop tractor, which offered several new options including electric lighting and electric starting.
Model M
During WWII, Deere engineers researched and developed the Model M tractor that would replace some of the outdated models (e.g., H, L, LA). The JD Model M was built to address the increasing demand for small tractors and to compete with popular models from Ford and Farmall. Model M was the first John Down tractor to use the Touch-O-Matic hydraulic system and come standard with power take-off (PTO) and electric starting.
Model R
In 1949, Deere released the first diesel powered tractor complete with live PTO equipped with its own clutch. The Model R became known for its ability to lift heavy equipment with the touch of a lever through its hydraulics. The Model R tractor saw a series of upgrades and redesigns during its 10 years of production.
Model R 730
In 1959, the Model R tractor was upgraded with the 730 model and quickly became favorite among tractor-pull and restoration enthusiasts because of its weight, power, and slow speed. The 730 was available in diesel, gasoline, and LPG, as well as in row crop tricycle.
Each of these antique John Deere tractors are important chapters in the story and the evolution of John Deere farm equipment. Do you have a tractor that tells a story of its own? If so, leave us a comment! We'd love to hear from you.
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CommScope's COVID-19 Customer & Partner Hub Visit
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Civitas Media, LLC Selects MediaSpan's CirculationPro® and AdManagerPro® to Manage their Advertising and Circulation Business
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Hello world,
today we released the 3.0.2 TS3 Client in beta channel, it contains multiple bug fixes and improvements. Any feedback just post below so we can get any issues ironed out before this goes into stable channel.
Version 3.0.2 is now available using the default (stable) update channel and on our downloads page:
Changes:How to get itCode:=== Client Release 3.0.2 26 Oct 2011 ! Updated plugins API to 14 + Added individual handling of soundpacks per servertab. + Added that dropping a file from File Browser into an offline message will create a ts3file:// link. A few minor bbCodes are now usable too. + Added "close all but this" for chat tabs. + Added two notifications CLIENT_RENAMED_BY_YOU and CLIENT_RENAMED_BY_OTHER which were also included in our default soundpacks. * Exported new function getClientLibVersionNumber to plugins API * Changed paramaters of onServerLogEvent and onServerLogFinishedEvent in plugins API and Lua plugin scripts. * Updated server log dialog to support new improved server logging. * More detailed client logging for connection attempts. * Crashdump dialogs lets you open the folder to the dump file instead of just copying the filename. * Banner requests now consider the HTTP header "Cache-Control: no-cache". * Updater autostarts client after successful update * Improved connection quality information in statusbar. * Added news ticker to client and updater. - Fixed client issue when connected with multiple tabs and overwriting a file in filebrowser of inactive tab. - Fixed some default_speech sound file issues. Some special sound files pointed to old targets. - Fixed not respecting the i_group_sort_id for server/channel groups in virtual server edit dialog. - Fixed some line breaks for copy & paste from chatlog. - Fixed client can write in another opened chatab. - Fixed showing false drop indicator frame after moving a channel spacer. - Fixed showing "invalid client id" in "out of view" detection. - Fixed renaming the channel tab if another channel gets a new name. - Fixed false report "offline message sent" when permissions are insufficient. - Fixed showing found receipients in autocompleter in "new offlinemessage" dialog. The search is triggered if receipient is not in the contact list. - Fixed hiding clients system tray context menu when clicking outside. - Fixed copying channel edit dialog description to clipboard. New Lines are no longer stripped off. - Fixed whisper lamp shining blue instead red if whisper hotkey was pressed again before release delay was reached. - Added missing whisper settings to contact defaults dialog. - Bookmark folders no longer collapse when dragging & dropping. - Added small delay when searching in the All-clients list window to prevent spamming the server with search requests. - Fixed bug in tree drag&drop which made is possible to drag a wrong client into a channel.
(1) Wait until it is released to the stable channel (presumably ~1 week), and use the normal update dialogue.
(2) Tell your TeamSpeak Client to check for updates from the beta channel:
- Go to where you installed teamspeak. There should be (among other things) a executable called "update"
- In this folder create or edit the file called "update.ini", after you are done with it the contents should be:
- Save the file, start TeamSpeak and go to Help->Check for Update, it should report a new version available.Code:[Channel] beta=true


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Installation instructions¶
Hardware requirements¶
Weblate should run on any contemporary hardware without problems, the following is the minimal configuration required to run Weblate on single host (Weblate, database and web server):
- 1 GB of RAM memory
- 2 CPU cores
- 1 GB of storage space
The more memory you have, the better - it will be used for caching on all levels (filesystem, database and Weblate).
The actual requirements for your installation heavily vary based on the size of translations managed by Weblate.
Software requirements¶
Python dependencies¶
Weblate is written in Python and supports Python 2.7, 3.4 or newer. The following dependencies can be installed using pip or your distribution packages:
- Django (>= 1.11)
- https://www.djangoproject.com/
- siphashc (>= 0.8)
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/siphashc
- translate-toolkit (>= 2.3.0)
- http://toolkit.translatehouse.org/
- Six (>= 1.7.0)
- https://pypi.python.org/pypi/six
- filelock (>= 3.0.1)
- https://github.com/benediktschmitt/py-filelock
- Mercurial (>= 2.8) (optional for Mercurial repositories support)
- https://www.mercurial-scm.org/
- social-auth-core (>= 1.3.0)
- https://python-social-auth.readthedocs.io/
- social-auth-app-django (>= 1.2.0)
- https://python-social-auth.readthedocs.io/
- django-appconf (>= 1.0)
- https://github.com/django-compressor/django-appconf
- Whoosh (>= 2.7.0)
- https://bitbucket.org/mchaput/whoosh/wiki/Home
- PIL or Pillow library
- https://python-pillow.org/
- lxml (>= 3.1.0)
- http://lxml.de/
- PyYaML (>= 3.0) (optional for YAML support)
- http://pyyaml.org/wiki/PyYAML
- defusedxml (>= 0.4)
- https://bitbucket.org/tiran/defusedxml
- dateutil
- https://labix.org/python-dateutil
- django_compressor (>= 2.1.1)
- https://github.com/django-compressor/django-compressor
- django-crispy-forms (>= 1.6.1)
- https://django-crispy-forms.readthedocs.io/
- Django REST Framework (>=3.8)
- http://www.django-rest-framework.org/
- user-agents (>= 1.1.0)
- https://github.com/selwin/python-user-agents
- libravatar (optional for federated avatar support)
You need to additionally install pydns (on Python 2) or py3dns (on Python 3) to make libravatar work.
- pyuca (>= 1.1) (optional for proper sorting of strings)
- https://github.com/jtauber/pyuca
- Babel (optional for Android resources support)
- http://babel.pocoo.org/
- phply (optional for PHP support)
- https://github.com/viraptor/phply
- Database backend
- Any database supported in Django will work, see Database setup for Weblate and backends documentation for more details.
- pytz (optional, but recommended by Django)
- https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytz/
- python-bidi (optional for proper rendering of badges in RTL languages)
- https://github.com/MeirKriheli/python-bidi
- tesserocr (>= 2.0.0) (optional for screenshots OCR)
- https://github.com/sirfz/tesserocr
- akismet (>= 1.0) (optional for suggestion spam protection)
- https://github.com/ubernostrum/akismet
- PyYAML (>= 3.0) (optional for YAML files)
- https://pyyaml.org/
- python-Levenshtein (recommended for performance)
- https://github.com/ztane/python-Levenshtein/
Other system requirements¶
The following dependencies have to be installed on the system:
- Git (>= 1.6)
- https://git-scm.com/
- hub (optional for sending pull requests to GitHub)
- https://hub.github.com/
- git-review (optional for Gerrit support)
- https://pypi.python.org/pypi/git-review
- git-svn (>= 2.10.0) (optional for Subversion support)
- https://git-scm.com/docs/git-svn
- tesseract and it's data (optional for screenshots OCR)
- https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract
Compile time dependencies¶
To compile some of the Python dependencies you might need to install their dependencies. This depends on how you install them, so please consult individual packages for documentation. You won't need those if using prebuilt Wheels while installing using pip or when you use distribution packages.
Installing Weblate¶
Choose an installation method that best fits your environment.
First choices include complete setup without relying on your system libraries:
You can also install Weblate directly on your system either fully using distribution packages (currently available for openSUSE only) or mixed setup.
Choose installation method:
- Installing Weblate by pip
- Installing Weblate from Git (if you want to run bleeding edge version)
- Alternatively you can use released archives. You can download them from our website <https://weblate.org/>.
And install dependencies according your platform:
- Requirements on Debian or Ubuntu
- Requirements on openSUSE
- Requirements on OSX
- Requirements using pip installer
Installing in virtualenv¶
This is recommended method if you don't want to dig into details. This will create separate Python environment for Weblate, possibly duplicating some system Python libraries.
Install development files for libraries we will use during building Python modules:
# Debian/Ubuntu: apt install libxml2-dev libxslt-dev libfreetype6-dev libjpeg-dev libz-dev libyaml-dev python-dev # openSUSE/SLES: zypper install libxslt-devel libxml2-devel freetype-devel libjpeg-devel zlib-devel libyaml-devel python-devel # Fedora/RHEL/CentOS: dnf install libxslt-devel libxml2-devel freetype-devel libjpeg-devel zlib-devel libyaml-devel python-devel
Install pip and virtualenv. Usually they are shipped by your distribution or with Python:
# Debian/Ubuntu: apt-get install python-pip python-virtualenv # openSUSE/SLES: zypper install python-pip python-virtualenv # Fedora/RHEL/CentOS: dnf install python-pip python-virtualenv
Create and activate virtualenv for Weblate (the path in
/tmpis really just an example, you rather want something permanent):
virtualenv /tmp/weblate . /tmp/weblate/bin/activate
Install Weblate including all dependencies, you can also use pip to install optional dependecies:
pip install Weblate # Optional deps pip install pytz python-bidi PyYaML Babel pyuca pylibravatar pydns
Create your settings (in our example it would be in
/tmp/weblate/lib/python2.7/site-packages/weblate/settings.pybased on the
settings_example.pyin same directory).
You can now run Weblate commands using weblate command, see Management commands.
To run webserver, use the wsgi wrapper installed with Weblate (in our case it is
/tmp/weblate/lib/python2.7/site-packages/weblate/wsgi.py). Don't forget to set Python search path to your virtualenv as well (for example using
virtualenv = /tmp/weblatein uwsgi).
Installing Weblate from Git¶
You can also run the latest version from Git. It is maintained stable and production ready. You can usually find it running on Hosted Weblate.
To get latest sources using Git use:
git clone https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate.git
If you are running a version from Git, you should also regenerate locale
files every time you are upgrading. You can do this by invoking script
Installing Weblate by pip¶
If you decide to install Weblate using pip installer, you will notice some differences. Most importantly the command line interface is installed to the system path as weblate instead of ./manage.py as used in this documentation. Also when invoking this command, you will have to specify settings, either by environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS or on the command line, for example:
weblate --settings=yourproject.settings migrate
See also
Requirements on Debian or Ubuntu¶
On recent Debian or Ubuntu, most of requirements are already packaged, to install them you can use apt-get:
apt-get install python-pip python-django translate-toolkit \
python-whoosh python-pil python-libravatar \
python-babel git mercurial \
python-django-compressor python-django-crispy-forms \
python-djangorestframework python-dateutil
# Optional packages for database backend:
# For PostgreSQL
apt-get install python-psycopg2
# For MySQL on Ubuntu (if using Ubuntu package for Django)
apt-get install python-pymysql
# For MySQL on Debian (or Ubuntu if using upstream Django packages)
apt-get install python-mysqldb
On older versions, some required dependencies are missing or outdated, so you need to install several Python modules manually using pip:
# Dependencies for python-social-auth
apt-get install python-requests-oauthlib python-six python-openid
# Social auth
pip install social-auth-core
pip install social-auth-app-django
# In case your distribution has python-django older than 1.9
pip install Django
# In case python-django-crispy-forms package is missing
pip install django-crispy-forms
# In case python-whoosh package is misssing or older than 2.7
pip install Whoosh
# In case your python-django-compressor package is missing,
# try installing it by older name or using pip:
apt-get install python-compressor
pip install django_compressor
# Optional for OCR support
apt-get install tesseract-ocr libtesseract-dev libleptonica-dev cython
pip install tesserocr
For proper sorting of a Unicode strings, it is recommended to install pyuca:
pip install pyuca
Depending on how you intend to run Weblate and what you already have installed, you might need additional components:
# Web server option 1: nginx and uwsgi
apt-get install nginx uwsgi uwsgi-plugin-python
# Web server option 2: Apache with mod_wsgi
apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-wsgi
# Caching backend: redis
apt-get install redis-server
# Database option 1: postgresql
apt-get install postgresql
# Database option 2: mariadb
apt-get install mariadb-server
# Database option 3: mysql
apt-get install mysql-server
# SMTP server
apt-get install exim4
# GitHub PR support: hub
# See https://hub.github.com/
Requirements on openSUSE¶
Most of requirements are available either directly in openSUSE or in
devel:languages:python repository:
zypper install python-Django translate-toolkit \
python-Whoosh python-Pillow \
python-social-auth-core python-social-auth-app-django \
python-babel Git mercurial python-pyuca \
# Optional for database backend
zypper install python-psycopg2 # For PostgreSQL
zypper install python-MySQL-python # For MySQL
Depending on how you intend to run Weblate and what you already have installed, you might need additional components:
# Web server option 1: nginx and uwsgi
zypper install nginx uwsgi uwsgi-plugin-python
# Web server option 2: Apache with mod_wsgi
zypper install apache2 apache2-mod_wsgi
# Caching backend: redis
zypper install redis-server
# Database option 1: postgresql
zypper install postgresql
# Database option 2: mariadb
zypper install mariadb
# Database option 3: mysql
zypper install mysql
# SMTP server
zypper install postfix
# GitHub PR support: hub
# See https://hub.github.com/
Requirements on OSX¶
If your python was not installed using brew, make sure you have this in
.bash_profile file or executed somehow:
export PYTHONPATH="/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH"
This configuration makes the installed libraries available to Python.
Requirements using pip installer¶
Most requirements can be also installed using pip installer:
pip install -r requirements.txt
For building some of the extensions devel files for several libraries are required, see Installing in virtualenv for instructions how to install these.
All optional dependencies (see above) can be installed using:
pip install -r requirements-optional.txt
Filesystem permissions¶
The Weblate process needs to be able to read and write to the directory where it
keeps data -
The default configuration places them in the same tree as Weblate sources, however
you might prefer to move these to better location such as
Weblate tries to create these directories automatically, but it will fail when it does not have permissions to do so.
You should also take care when running Management commands, as they should be run under the same user as Weblate itself is running, otherwise permissions on some files might be wrong.
See also
Database setup for Weblate¶
It is recommended to run Weblate on some database server. Using SQLite backend is really suitable only for testing purposes.
See also
PostgreSQL is usually the best choice for Django based sites. It's the reference database used for implementing Django database layer.
See also
Creating database in PostgreSQL¶
It is usually good idea to run Weblate in a separate database and separate user account:
# If PostgreSQL was not installed before, set the master password
sudo -u postgres psql postgres -c "\password postgres"
# Create database user called "weblate"
sudo -u postgres createuser -D -P weblate
# Create database "weblate" owned by "weblate"
sudo -u postgres createdb -O weblate weblate
Configuring Weblate to use PostgreSQL¶
settings.py snippet for PostgreSQL:
'default': {
# Database engine
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
# Database name
'NAME': 'weblate',
# Database user
'USER': 'weblate',
# Database password
'PASSWORD': 'password',
# Set to empty string for localhost
'HOST': 'database.example.com',
# Set to empty string for default
MySQL or MariaDB¶
MySQL or MariaDB are quite good choices to run Weblate. However when using MySQL you might hit some problems caused by it.
See also
Unicode issues in MySQL¶
MySQL by default uses something called
utf8, what can not store all Unicode
characters, only those who fit into three bytes in
utf-8 encoding. In case
you're using emojis or some other higher Unicode symbols you might hit errors
when saving such data. Depending on MySQL and Python bindings version, the
error might look like:
OperationalError: (1366, "Incorrect string value: '\\xF0\\xA8\\xAB\\xA1' for column 'target' at row 1")
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 0-3: ordinal not in range(128)
To solve this, you need to change your database to use
utf8mb4 (what is again
subset of Unicode, but this time which can be stored in four bytes in
encoding, thus covering all chars currently defined in Unicode).
This can be achieved at database creation time by creating it with this character set (see Creating database in MySQL) and specifying the character set in connection settings (see Configuring Weblate to use MySQL).
In case you have existing database, you can change it to
utf8mb4 by, but
this won't change collation of existing fields:
ALTER DATABASE weblate CHARACTER SET utf8mb4;
Transaction locking¶
MySQL by default uses has different transaction locking scheme than other
databases and in case you see errors like Deadlock found when trying to get
lock; try restarting transaction it might be good idea to enable
STRICT_TRANS_TABLES mode in MySQL. This can be done in the server
configuration file (usually
/etc/mysql/my.cnf on Linux):
See also
Creating database in MySQL¶
weblate user to access the
weblate database:
# Grant all privileges to weblate user
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON weblate.* TO 'weblate'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
# Create database on MySQL >= 5.7.7
CREATE DATABASE weblate CHARACTER SET utf8mb4;
# Use utf8 for older versions
# CREATE DATABASE weblate CHARACTER SET utf8;
Configuring Weblate to use MySQL¶
settings.py snippet for MySQL:
'default': {
# Database engine
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
# Database name
'NAME': 'weblate',
# Database user
'USER': 'weblate',
# Database password
'PASSWORD': 'password',
# Set to empty string for localhost
'HOST': 'database.example.com',
# Set to empty string for default
# Additional database options
# In case of older MySQL server which has default MariaDB
# 'init_command': 'SET storage_engine=INNODB',
# If your server supports it, see Unicode issues above
'charset': 'utf8mb4',
Other configurations¶
Configuring outgoing mail¶
Weblate sends out emails on various occasions - for account activation and on various notifications configured by users. For this it needs access to the SMTP server, which will handle this.
The mail server setup is configured using settings
EMAIL_HOST_USER and
EMAIL_PORT. Their
names are quite self-explanatory, but you can find out more information in the
Django documentation.
You can verify whether outgoing mail is working correctly by using
sendtestemail management command.
See also
weblate/settings_example.py to
weblate/settings.py and
adjust it to match your setup. You will probably want to adjust the following
List of site administrators to receive notifications when something goes wrong, for example notifications on failed merge or Django errors.
See also
If you are running Django 1.5 or newer, you need to set this to list of hosts your site is supposed to serve. For example:ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['demo.weblate.org']
See also
Configure how your sessions will be stored. In case you keep default database backed engine you should schedule ./manage.py clearsessions to remove stale session data from the database.
See also
Connectivity to database server, please check Django's documentation for more details.
See also
Disable this for production server. With debug mode enabled, Django will show backtraces in case of error to users, when you disable it, errors will go by email to
ADMINS(see above).
Debug mode also slows down Weblate as Django stores much more information internally in this case.
See also
Email sender address for outgoing email, for example registration emails.
See also
Key used by Django to sign some information in cookies, see Django secret key for more information.
Email used as sender address for sending emails to administrator, for example notifications on failed merge.
See also
Filling up the database¶
After your configuration is ready, you can run
./manage.py migrate to create the database structure. Now you should be
able to create translation projects using the admin interface.
In case you want to run installation non interactively, you can use
./manage.py migrate --noinput and then create admin user using
createadmin command.
You should also login to admin interface (on
/admin/ URL) and adjust the
default site name to match your domain by clicking on Sites and there
changing the
example.com record to match your real domain name.
Once you are done, you should also check Performance report in the admin interface which will give you hints for non optimal configuration on your site.
Production setup¶
For production setup you should do following adjustments.
See also
Disable debug mode¶
Disable Django's debug mode (
DEBUG) by:
DEBUG = False
With debug mode Django stores all executed queries and shows users backtraces of errors which is not desired in production setup.
See also
Properly configure admins¶
Set correct admin addresses to
ADMINS setting for defining who will receive
mail in case something goes wrong on the server, for example:
('Your Name', '[email protected]'),
See also
Set correct site name¶
Adjust site name in admin interface, otherwise links in RSS or registration emails will not work.
Please open the admin interface and edit default site name and domain under the
Sites › Sites (or you can do that directly at
/admin/sites/site/1/ URL under your Weblate installation). You have to change
the Domain name to match your setup.
This setting should contain only the domain name. For configuring protocol
(enabling HTTPS) use
ENABLE_HTTPS and for changing URL use
Alternatively, you can set the site name from command line using
changesite. For example, when using built in server:
./manage.py changesite --set-name 127.0.0.1:8000
For production site, you want something like:
./manage.py changesite --set-name weblate.example.com
Enable indexing offloading¶
OFFLOAD_INDEXING to prevent locking issues and improve
performance. Don't forget to schedule indexing as a background job to keep the
index up to date.
Use powerful database engine¶
Use a powerful database engine (SQLite is usually not good enough for production environment), see Database setup for Weblate for more information.
See also
Enable caching¶
If possible, use redis from Django by adjusting
CACHES configuration
variable, for example:
'default': {
'BACKEND': 'django_redis.cache.RedisCache',
'LOCATION': 'redis://127.0.0.1:6379/0',
# If redis is running on same host as Weblate, you might
# want to use unix sockets instead:
# 'LOCATION': 'unix:///var/run/redis/redis.sock?db=0',
'CLIENT_CLASS': 'django_redis.client.DefaultClient',
'PARSER_CLASS': 'redis.connection.HiredisParser',
Alternatively you can also use memcached:
'default': {
'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache',
See also
Avatar caching¶
In addition to caching of Django, Weblate performs caching of avatars. It is recommended to use separate, file backed cache for this purpose:
'default': {
# Default caching backend setup, see above
'BACKEND': 'django_redis.cache.RedisCache',
'LOCATION': 'unix:///var/run/redis/redis.sock?db=0',
'CLIENT_CLASS': 'django_redis.client.DefaultClient',
'PARSER_CLASS': 'redis.connection.HiredisParser',
'avatar': {
'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.filebased.FileBasedCache',
'LOCATION': os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'avatar-cache'),
See also
Enable caching,
Django's cache framework
Configure email addresses¶
Weblate needs to send out emails on several occasions and these emails should
have correct sender address, please configure
SERVER_EMAIL and
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL to match your environment, for example:
SERVER_EMAIL = '[email protected]'
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = '[email protected]'
See also
Allowed hosts setup¶
Django 1.5 and newer require
ALLOWED_HOSTS to hold a list of domain names
your site is allowed to serve, having it empty will block any request.
See also
Federated avatar support¶
By default, Weblate relies on <https://www.libravatar.org/> for avatars. When you install pyLibavatar, you will get proper support for federated avatars.
pyuca library¶
pyuca library is optionally used by Weblate to sort Unicode strings. This way language names are properly sorted even in non-ASCII languages like Japanese, Chinese or Arabic or for languages with accented letters.
Django secret key¶
SECRET_KEY setting is used by Django to sign cookies and you should
really generate your own value rather than using the one coming from example setup.
You can generate new key using
examples/generate-secret-key shipped
with Weblate.
See also
Static files¶
If you see purely designed admin interface, the CSS files required for it are not loaded. This is usually if you are running in non-debug mode and have not configured your web server to serve them. Recommended setup is described in the Serving static files chapter.
See also
Home directory¶
Changed in version 2.1: This is no longer required, Weblate now stores all its data in
The home directory for the user which is running Weblate should be existing and writable by this user. This is especially needed if you want to use SSH to access private repositories, but Git might need to access this directory as well (depends on the Git version you use).
You can change the directory used by Weblate in
settings.py, for
example to set it to
configuration directory under Weblate tree:
os.environ['HOME'] = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'configuration')
On Linux and other UNIX like systems, the path to user's home directory is
defined in
/etc/passwd. Many distributions default to non writable
directory for users used for serving web content (such as
www-data or
wwwrun, so you either have to run Weblate under
a different user or change this setting.
See also
Template loading¶
It is recommended to use cached template loader for Django. It caches parsed
templates and avoids the need to do the parsing with every single request. You can
configure it using the following snippet (the
loaders setting is important here):
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates'),
'context_processors': [
'loaders': [
('django.template.loaders.cached.Loader', [
Running maintenance tasks¶
For optimal performance, it is good idea to run some maintenance tasks in the background.
On a Unix-likesystem, this can be scheduled using cron:
# Fulltext index updates
*/5 * * * * cd /usr/share/weblate/; ./manage.py update_index
# Cleanup stale objects
@daily cd /usr/share/weblate/; ./manage.py cleanuptrans
# Commit pending changes after 96 hours
@hourly cd /usr/share/weblate/; ./manage.py commit_pending --all --age=96 --verbosity=0
Running server¶
Running Weblate is not different from running any other Django based application. Django is usually executed as uwsgi or fcgi (see examples for different webservers below).
For testing purposes, you can use the Django built-in web server:
./manage.py runserver
Do not use this in production as this has severe performance limitations.
Serving static files¶
Changed in version 2.4: Prior to version 2.4 Weblate didn't properly use Django static files framework and the setup was more complex.
Django needs to collect its static files to a single directory. To do so,
./manage.py collectstatic --noinput. This will copy the static
files into directory specified by
STATIC_ROOT setting (this defaults to
static directory inside
It is recommended to serve static files directly by your web server, you should use that for following paths:
- Serves static files for Weblate and admin interface
(from defined by
- Used for user media uploads (eg. screenshots).
- Should be rewritten to rewrite rule to serve
- Should be rewritten to rewrite rule to serve
See also
Content security policy¶
Default Weblate configuration enables
middleware which sets security related HTTP headers like
X-XSS-Protection. These are set to work with Weblate and it's
configuration, but this might clash with your customization. If that is your
case, it is recommended to disable this middleware and set these headers
Sample configuration for Apache¶
Following configuration runs Weblate as WSGI, you need to have enabled
mod_wsgi (available as
# VirtualHost for weblate
# This example assumes Weblate is installed in /usr/share/weblate
# If using virtualenv, you need to add it to search path as well:
# WSGIPythonPath /usr/share/weblate:/path/to/your/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
ServerName weblate.example.org
# DATA_DIR/static/robots.txt
Alias /robots.txt /var/lib/weblate/static/robots.txt
# DATA_DIR/static/favicon.ico
Alias /favicon.ico /var/lib/weblate/static/favicon.ico
# DATA_DIR/static/
Alias /static/ /var/lib/weblate/static/
<Directory /var/lib/weblate/static/>
Require all granted
# DATA_DIR/media/
Alias /media/ /var/lib/weblate/media/
<Directory /var/lib/weblate/media/>
Require all granted
WSGIDaemonProcess weblate.example.org python-path=/usr/share/weblate
WSGIProcessGroup weblate.example.org
WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}
WSGIScriptAlias / /usr/share/weblate/weblate/wsgi.py process-group=weblate.example.org
WSGIPassAuthorization On
<Directory /usr/share/weblate/weblate>
<Files wsgi.py>
Require all granted
This configuration is for Apache 2.4 and later. For earlier versions of Apache, replace Require all granted with Allow from all.
Sample configuration for Apache and gunicorn¶
Following configuration runs Weblate in gunicorn and Apache 2.4
(available as
# VirtualHost for weblate using gunicorn on localhost:8000
# This example assumes Weblate is installed in /usr/share/weblate
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
ServerName weblate.example.org
# DATA_DIR/static/robots.txt
Alias /robots.txt /var/lib/weblate/static/robots.txt
# DATA_DIR/static/favicon.ico
Alias /favicon.ico /var/lib/weblate/static/favicon.ico
# DATA_DIR/static/
Alias /static/ /var/lib/weblate/static/
<Directory /var/lib/weblate/static/>
Require all granted
# DATA_DIR/media/
Alias /media/ /var/lib/weblate/media/
<Directory /var/lib/weblate/media/>
Require all granted
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/https_cert.cert
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/https_key.pem
SSLProxyEngine On
ProxyPass /robots.txt !
ProxyPass /favicon.ico !
ProxyPass /static/ !
ProxyPass /media/ !
ProxyPass / http://localhost:8000/
ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8000/
ProxyPreserveHost On
See also
Sample configuration for nginx and uwsgi¶
The following configuration runs Weblate as uwsgi under nginx webserver.
Configuration for nginx (also available as
server {
listen 80;
server_name weblate;
root /usr/share/weblate;
location ~ ^/favicon.ico$ {
# DATA_DIR/static/favicon.ico
alias /var/lib/weblate/static/favicon.ico;
expires 30d;
location ~ ^/robots.txt$ {
# DATA_DIR/static/robots.txt
alias /var/lib/weblate/static/robots.txt;
expires 30d;
location /static/ {
# DATA_DIR/static/
alias /var/lib/weblate/static/;
expires 30d;
location /media/ {
# DATA_DIR/media/
alias /var/lib/weblate/media/;
expires 30d;
location / {
include uwsgi_params;
# Needed for long running operations in admin interface
uwsgi_read_timeout 3600;
# Adjust based to uwsgi configuration:
uwsgi_pass unix:///run/uwsgi/app/weblate/socket;
# uwsgi_pass 127.0.0.1:8080;
Configuration for uwsgi (also available as
plugins = python
master = true
protocol = uwsgi
socket = 127.0.0.1:8080
wsgi-file = /path/to/weblate/weblate/wsgi.py
python-path = /path/to/weblate
# In case you're using virtualenv uncomment this:
# virtualenv = /path/to/weblate/virtualenv
# Needed for OAuth/OpenID
buffer-size = 8192
# Increase number of workers for heavily loaded sites
#workers = 6
# Needed for background processing
enable-threads = true
# Child processes do not need file descriptors
close-on-exec = true
# Avoid default 0000 umask
umask = 0022
See also
Running Weblate under path¶
Changed in version 1.3: This is supported since Weblate 1.3.
Sample Apache configuration to serve Weblate under
/weblate. Again using
mod_wsgi (also available as
# Example Apache configuration for running Weblate under /weblate path
WSGIPythonPath /usr/share/weblate
# If using virtualenv, you need to add it to search path as well:
# WSGIPythonPath /usr/share/weblate:/path/to/your/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
ServerName image.weblate.org
# DATA_DIR/static/robots.txt
Alias /weblate/robots.txt /var/lib/weblate/static/robots.txt
# DATA_DIR/static/favicon.ico
Alias /weblate/favicon.ico /var/lib/weblate/static/favicon.ico
# DATA_DIR/static/
Alias /weblate/static/ /var/lib/weblate/static/
<Directory /var/lib/weblate/static/>
Require all granted
# DATA_DIR/media/
Alias /weblate/media/ /var/lib/weblate/media/
<Directory /var/lib/weblate/media/>
Require all granted
WSGIScriptAlias /weblate /usr/share/weblate/weblate/wsgi.py
WSGIPassAuthorization On
<Directory /usr/share/weblate/weblate>
<Files wsgi.py>
Require all granted
Additionally, you will have to adjust
URL_PREFIX = '/weblate'
Monitoring Weblate¶
Weblate provides
/healthz/ URL to be used in simple health checks, for example
using Kubernetes.
Collecting error reports¶
It is good idea to collect errors from any Django application in structured way and Weblate is not an exception from this. You might find several services providing this, for example:
Weblate has built in support for Rollbar. To use it it's enough to follow instructions for Rollbar notifier for Python.
In short, you need to adjust
# Add rollbar as last middleware:
# ... other middleware classes ...
# Configure client access
'access_token': 'POST_SERVER_ITEM_ACCESS_TOKEN',
'client_token': 'POST_CLIENT_ITEM_ACCESS_TOKEN',
'environment': 'development' if DEBUG else 'production',
'branch': 'master',
'root': '/absolute/path/to/code/root',
Everything else is integrated automatically, you will now collect both server and client side errors.
Migrating Weblate to another server¶
Migrating Weblate to another server should be pretty easy, however it stores data in few locations which you should migrate carefully. The best approach is to stop migrated Weblate for the migration.
Migrating database¶
Depending on your database backend, you might have several options to migrate the database. The most straightforward one is to dump the database on one server and import it on the new one. Alternatively you can use replication in case your database supports it.
The best approach is to use database native tools as they are usually the most effective (eg. mysqldump or pg_dump). If you want to migrate between different databases, the only option might be to use Django management to dump and import the database:
# Export current data
./manage.py dumpdata > /tmp/weblate.dump
# Import dump
./manage.py loaddata /tmp/weblate.dump
Migrating VCS repositories¶
The VCS repositories stored under
DATA_DIR need to be migrated as
well. You can simply copy them or use rsync to do the migration
more effectively.
Migrating fulltext index¶
For the fulltext index (stored in
DATA_DIR) it is better not to
migrate it, but rather to generate a fresh one using
Other notes¶
Don't forget to move other services which Weblate might have been using like redis, memcached, cron jobs or custom authentication backends.


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Revenue stuck in neutral? Then push the pedal on your software programs and ride technology to first place.
A living computer, the human brain is a marvel of organic technology. Think of all the accomplishments made possible by the brain from artistic expression to scientific breakthrough.
Still, urban legend would have us believe that the typical person only uses 10 percent of her full cranial capacity. While this isn't strictly true, it's easy to understand how such a legend got started. After all, plenty of people choose to challenge their gray matter by plopping on the couch and flicking between channels.
Just as many people don't realize the full potential of their brainpower, many clubs don't push the limits of their management programs. How about you? Have you streamlined your club with software, or are you crawling along at a Luddite's speed?
If software has put your club in the pole position giving your business an edge in terms of speed and efficiency you are in the minority. Most clubs are the technological equivalents of couch potatoes. Or worse, Yugos.
Consider this. Rio Rancho, N.M.-based Legend Information Systems once released a program with a bug that prevented users from printing membership graphs. The glitch went undiscovered for 18 months. Why? Because the clubs that installed the software never used the graph function, so they never noticed the bug.
"And we serve hundreds of clients," notes Steve Williams, Legend's COO.
To be fair, club operators aren't computer programmers. They aren't worried about software bugs. They are worried about satisfying customers, recruiting new members, and running the day-to-day operations of the club.
But here's the catch: If club operators learned more about the available software, they could concentrate more on management, believes Bill Nichtberger, executive vice president for Houston's Aphelion Software.
"I think [club owners] get swept up in the daily operations of their club, and they don't devote time to fully understanding the management software," Nichtberger explains. "And if only they did devote the time, then they would free up more time for management."
While developers argue that their products can help operators run clubs more efficiently (and profitably), operators can't always appreciate the benefits of software, according to Andy Wigderson, the East Coast sales representative for the Houston-based CSI Software. That's because the benefits aren't always tangible.
"With a treadmill, it's something that you can kind of kick the tires, but with software, you can't see it," he says.
What operators can see are the obvious solutions such as check-in and electronic funds transfer (EFT). But these solutions only scratch the surface of what management software can do. Here are the software capabilities that operators often overlook, without realizing that these features could help their clubs blow past the competition.
- Marketing and Sales
To improve retention, club managers can generate member-attendance reports through their software. It's as simple as plugging a query into the program. For example, you could ask the software to search for "members that have been here less than x number of times within y days," explains Jeff Colen, the president of Club Runner, out of Jupiter, Fla. The program would then output a list of all members who fit into this category.
Operators should run this report sooner than later. If a member has only visited the club twice, and his annual contract will expire in a month, it's too late to get him to renew.
Once a manager has compiled a list of infrequent users, she has several options. She can call them to find out why they stopped coming. She can send them a letter, inviting them back. She can even assign a fitness counselor to them.
Any of these tactics would help retention. And it's cheaper (and healthier) for the club to keep old members than to sell new memberships.
In addition to reaching out to missing members, clubs can use software to sell more paid services to frequent visitors. "Once someone's in a club, the whole idea is to sell them everything and anything," comments Colen.
Colen gives this example. A member purchases a low-priced package for personal training. The software tracks this purchase and allows the club to follow up with the client. If the client is satisfied with the training sessions, then a club salesperson could invite him to upgrade to a higher-priced package.
Here's another example. A member buys an expensive supplement package. The software flags the purchase and alerts the club to send the member a letter whenever the pro shop is running a supplement special.
This type of marketing doesn't need to be limited to the sale of products and services. By tracking members with software, clubs can also find new ways of selling memberships. For example, use the software to pinpoint family and corporate links, advises Williams.
"You might actually have 40 different IBM employees [as members] but you don't have them linked [in the computer system]," he explains. When you link them, you'll notice a pattern: Many IBM employees are members, yet IBM doesn't have a corporate program with your club. This is an opportunity that your club may be missing.
"IBM isn't paying for the membership," Williams points out. "You could contact IBM and tell them you'd like to do a corporate membership," and let them know just how many of their employees already belong to the club.
- Guest Tracking and Follow-Up
In addition to selling and marketing to members, clubs can use management software to reach the hottest prospects: club guests.
Guests have already taken the initiative (by visiting the club) and expressed an interest in a healthier lifestyle. Clubs must not let these prospects slip through the cracks.
Thanks to management software, club operators can capture the name of a prospectand create very specific letters to this person on a regular basis, explains Casey Conrad, president of the Rhode Island-based Communication Consultants and the national franchise chain Healthy Inspirations Weight Loss Centers.
With the software, operators can time when the letters are sent out (so as not to annoy prospects). Also, the recipients can be broken down in whatever way the operators deem appropriate. This means that a 19-year-old female college student won't receive the same letter as a 40-year-old married man.
"I can go into the computer and say, Give me everyone between the ages of 50 and 60 who gave me money as an objection [for not joining], and I can print out a letter that's very specific to them," Conrad says.
This can be a tremendous help to time-starved salespeople who can't follow up with every prospect. The software makes it easy to get personal with guests, without requiring an unrealistic investment of time.
Not only can sales and marketing people rely on software to follow up with guests, they can use the programs to determine their most effective advertising venues. For example, when a guest registers at the front desk, the clerk should inquire as to how the person heard about the club, and record that information, advises Williams. Over time, the marketing department will be able to note the advertising that works best.
- Statistics and Demographics
Are you pretty confident that you know your club's market base? Or are you just assuming that you understand your club's demographics?
Clubs can use software to gather useful marketing information like zip codes, ages, household income and more. They can also determine if their demographics have changed for example, comparing the average age of today's member to five years ago and make any necessary adjustments.
"Are you paying attention to what's happening to the age demographics at your club?" Conrad asks. "Information is the key to bettering your business. You need statistics to create new ideas and new systems."
Besides drawing conclusions about overall demographics, software programs can break demographics down into exact numbers year-to-year, day-to-day and even hour-to-hour. "We actually monitor every minute, every second of when people are in the club, says Williams. Most people can say, Yeah, we're slow at 3 p.m. And you might be slow, but all your seniors are coming in at 3. What a perfect time to promote your senior programming."
- Financial Reporting/Forecasting
While the majority of owners are aware of how much cash flow is coming into the clubs every month, they may not know the how and why of it. "Very few clubs really take advantage of the reporting that's in their system," says Williams. "They don't really explore the reports. They don't use the billing analysis tools that are there."
Sean Kirby, the director of new accounts for Denver's ASF International, agrees. He gives this example. A club client once raised a question about his EFT system. The client had noticed that the drafts coming in that month were lower than they were in the past. Kirby accessed the client's files and found that his club was selling more paid-in-full memberships than it had in the past. Therefore, his monthly draft was less than in previous years.
Although the client had access to this information, he never realized that he could use the software for this purpose. He isn't alone. Software programs will allow clubs to compare sales month-to-month, year-to-year, but few clubs bother with this feature, according to Kirby.
"This information could be turned around and dropped into a spreadsheet and used for forecasting, he says. Financial reporting and forecasting are the two biggest under-used features."
- The Internet
With the right software, club owners can take full advantage of the Internet. They can manage contracts, handle billing, process credit cards, take class reservations, and even sell products (e-commerce). They can also capture the e-mail addresses of Web visitors, and send these people marketing materials saving on postage.
Additionally, multi-facility clubs may find that management software installed on Web-based servers is much handier and quicker than traditional paperwork. These servers allow several clubs to access account information simultaneously, in real time. In other words, a person could join the ABC Health Club located downtown in the morning and be in the computer when he visits the club's sister location uptown during his lunch break that same day.
This process eliminates paperwork. It may even eliminate the paper contract altogether. Through many vendors' software capabilities, club staff can create online contracts with electronic signature capture. Hardly the way clubs are accustomed to conducting business.
"People at clubs are typically used to doing things in a certain way, and typically on paper," says Mark Johnson, the senior vice president and general manager of CheckFree Health and Fitness, based in Norcross, Ga.
There is some controversy, however, about using Web-based servers for such sensitive information as contract information and credit card numbers. Although extremely rare, hackers and virus programmers could wipe out this information or use it to their own advantage.
"That information has got to be secure," Colen advises. "If that technology breaks down, you're screwed. If it goes missing, there's no, Whoops! I'm sorry. That information's gone. You don't want to be that one out of 999 clubs that it happens to."
The Training Trap
All of the software features in the world won't do any good if club employees don't understand how to use the program. That's why club operators must take the training process seriously, making sure that the entire staff from the newest front-desk counter person to the veteran sales pro gets the proper education.
Unfortunately, club operators are often more concerned with selling memberships than training staff, according to Jim Balint of Balint & Associates, a subcontracted company that performs installations, training and programming for Fair Financial. And this attitude wastes the software investment.
You can have hundreds of dollars worth of software programs, but if [club owners] are not going to spend the effort to train and educate their staff, it's just going to be baggage, explains Roger Salisbury, the IT manager for National Fitness Financial Systems (NFFS) in Utah.
While there are three main methods of training (training on-site at the club, classroom-style training at the vendor's location, and Web-based training), their usefulness (and price tag) varies.
Web training is more cost-effective, but a lot of people don't do well with that type of training, says Casey Conrad, president of Communication Consultants. Hands-on [training] is so important. For most people, it's so much easier to show them in person rather than have them try to figure it out from a manual.
Still, manuals are important, as are ongoing training programs. After all, the employees who receive training as part of the initial installation probably won't be around forever. We all know the crappy turnover rate in this industry, Conrad continues. You'd better have the materials that can self-educate someone.
Additionally, many industry experts agree that it's wise to train a few point people on the intricacies of the software package, and have them disseminate the information to the rest of the staff. Again, just make sure that these employees will be at your club for the long haul, or any training will be wasted.
If possible, send these point people off-site to the vendor's location for hands-on, classroom-style training. With software manuals, there's a lot of room for interpretation, says Sean Kirby, the director of new accounts for ASF International, and on-site training at the health club requires maximum cramming in minimal time.
Furthermore, training at the club can distract employees, who are more concerned with day-to-day operations than the computer screen in front of them. Moving the training location off-site minimizes these day-to-day distractions, allowing employees to focus entirely on what they are learning.
No matter what training method clubs use, they should invest time and money into continuing education, believes Steve Williams, Legend Information Systems' COO. Fortunately, some software companies give customers a certain amount of training time, allowing the clients to break the training periods up into blocks. This means that employees don't need to learn everything in a single session before they have even had a chance to test the software in the club setting.
The Hard Sell on Software
It's easy to get swept up in all the latest techno-jargon from sales representatives when shopping for a software program for your club. That's why Club Industry went to an expert on software sales, Andy Wigderson, the East Coast sales rep for CSI Software, and asked him what kinds of things club operators should ask before purchasing any kind of program for their club. Here are his suggestions:
1. What are the features and functionality of the software?
Wigderson also says club operators should insist on a reference list containing both new and old customers, as well as insist the company send a representative, at no cost, to do an on-site demonstration of the software and go through real life scenarios. Additionally, operators should inquire as to how one vendor differs from another.
Go to trade conventions and visit with the vendors, advises Casey Conrad, president of the Rhode Island-based Communications Consultants and the national chain Healthy Inspirations Weight Loss Centers. "Visit with the vendors and have a list of what they want the software to do," she says. "Don't buy the first package they see, and take notes. Compare one software program with another."
Also be sure to make sure that any new programs you are buying are compatible to any of your existing software programs, advises Mark Johnson, the senior vice president and general manager for the Colorado-based CheckFree Health and Fitness. "When we were at the IHRSA Convention in San Francisco… what we heard was that this was singularly the largest concern in both small clubs and large clubs," he says.
And, before you talk to any software vendors, decide what needs your clubs has. Don't let the vendor tell you what you need. You decide. "They need to really evaluate what they want to be involved with," Roger Salisbury, the IT manager for National Fitness Financial Systems (NFFS), says. "I personally think you shouldn't invest more than $1,000 on something without speaking with someone that has been around the block with it. I would call up people [who already use the program].
"That holds more weight in my mind than talking to a sales person," he adds.
Agrees Conrad, "It's a corner that [many club operators] cut that's not a corner that should be cut."


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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The number of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay who are on a hunger strike has risen again.
Lt. Col. Samuel House said Friday that 97 men are now on strike, up three from the day before. He says 19 of them are receiving liquid nutrients through a nasal tube to prevent dangerous weight loss. Another five are under observation at the hospital on the U.S. base in Cuba.
He says none have life-threatening conditions.
The hunger strike began in February, with prisoners protesting conditions and their indefinite confinement. Lawyers for the prisoners say the military is undercounting the number of hunger strikers.
The U.S. holds 166 prisoners at Guantanamo, most without charges.


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