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The values you picked look realistic. Having not run any real sites yet, that's about all I can say at this point. Hopefully I will have more input once I get a couple of real sites up. Thanks for the change.

OSQA offers a start mode where the Karma requirements are set very low for a new site. This makes it a lot easier to get a site started.

While you can do this manually in the settings, it would seem that adding a switch to do this would make it a lot less work.

Finally, I have an answer. Bottom line is that fcgi was broken on a2hosting.com. They have fixed it on at least their server a2s65. If it does now work for you I suggest putting up the standard Python test script there (you can find it in http://docs.python.org/howto/webservers.html) with a .htaccess file like this:

SetHandler fcgid-script

Options +ExecCGI

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ scriptname.fcgi/$1 [QSA,L]

where "scriptname" is the name you used for the test script. If it does not work, bitch at them that their web server is improperly configured.

While I don't have a final answer, the intermediate one is that fcgi does not work there. I set up a test program and it fails. Did the same on a local system and it works. So, I am still waiting for them to fix fcgi.

It appears it is not an Askbot issue but something with fcgi. I just put a dummy fcgi script out there and have the same problem. My .htaccess file is as they suggest but isn't happy. I will post the solution once I figure it out. Thanks.

/askbot.fcgi/ with or without anything (such as questions) following it. But, just asking that question pointed me at where I should be looking. I have been staring at the fcgi script and it is clearly not the problem. That should help.

I am trying to get Askbot running on a2hosting with FCGI. (I picked them because they have Postgres available.) Running the FCGI script directly with the Python interpreter seems to work (one warning "/home/qanetcom/Python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/coffin/common.py:59: UserWarning: Cannot translate loader: askbot.skins.loaders.loadtemplatesource warnings.warn('Cannot translate loader: %s' % loader" but returns a status 302) but a 404 when trying to invoke it from a browser. Nothing in the log. Note that I am using my own copy of Python (2.7.2).

Maybe the "big trick" is how to track down the problem with no log entries, error messages, ...

This will be learning on both ends for me as I have set up Merengue but not done anything with it yet but, sure, I will try it out and let you know of any progress.

pledgie.com only offers PayPal as an option for donations. I know quite a few people (including myself) whose plastic is not accepted by PayPal. Any alternatives (such as Google Checkout)?

I set up OSQA to play with and think there is real potential with this type of system. But, what I want is an integrated solution. That is, something that will contain blogs, forums, news and a QandA presence.

I am currently using Drupal for the other stuff. If I am going to write code I would pick Django as the starting point. Beyond that, it seems that Merengue would offer a lot of the basics I need. I am wondering if anyone has tried to run Askbot with Merengue?

Note that while I have a site I want to move it is from Drupal so how I get Askbot to work with other Django apps is totally open. I could, for example, use the Askbot authentication system for the whole game if that seems appropriate.

I run a web site that I feel would benefit from askbot. The site itself (Drupal based) needs a serious upgrade and I am thinking it might be better to custom build a site using Django, some forum software, askbot and some other (possibly custom) stuff.

Is the idea that askbot will be easy to integrate into such an environment?