This is a website developed for Satire V, an organization at Harvard College. This website is a parody of the website for the Harvard College Consulting Group. This site uses a virtual environment to run a Python server using the Flask framework.
These instructions assume you have Python 3.6 or newer installed, as well as the venv package. To verify installation, you can run pip install venv or pip3 install venv.
I have written a script to run all the necessary commands. Simply navigate to this directory in your terminal, and run the following command:
source ./init/unix
The script should create and activate a virtual environment for the server to run. If this doesn't work, you can try running the following commands:
[[ -d "./environment" ]] || python3 -m venv environment
source ./environment/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txtTo use my setup script, navigate to this directory in a command prompt and run
init/windows
If this doesn't work, or you get any error, you can try running the commands manually:
python -m venv environment
environment/Scripts/activate
pip install -r requirements.txtThe first command creates the virtual environment, the second command activates it, and the third command installs necessary python packages. You should only ever need to run the first command once.
To run the server, use flask run. The website is hosted at http://localhost:5000/. To submit your own content, navigate to http://localhost:5000/login and click the link to create your own account. You will have to provide that master password (iamtheinvisiblehand) to prove you're not a hacker/marxist. Once you have logged in, you will be redirected to http://localhost:5000/submit, where you can submit new content. The original HCCG website doesn't really have articles, so this website will support three types of content:
These are webpages from the original website that have not yet been implemented. Currently, the website gives a 404 error for these webpages. (It used to redirect to random wikipedia pages, but I thought the 404 errors would be more consistent). These pages support html syntax, and once you submit a page, you can navigate to it by accessing the corresponding url, or clicking the corresponding link in the top menu.
Adding a client will add their picture to the list of clients on the homepage, and add their comment as a testimonial on the clients page.
Adding an analyst will add them to the analysts overview page at http://localhost:5000/analysts/overview.
When you are finished, you can exit with Ctrl+C and run deactivate to disable the virtual environment. Simply follow the steps above to restart the server.
I hope you enjoy this website! If you have any questions, feedback, or errors, feel free to email me at [email protected].