How can I install and run the latest version of Pinax on my WebFaction account?

You can use the following steps to install Pinax on your WebFaction account. The latest version of Pinax at the time of this writing is 0.9a2:

1. Create a "mod_wsgi 3.3/Python 2.7" app in the control panel. In this example, app is named "pinax_server".
2. SSH into your server and run the following commands:

   cd ~/webapps/pinax_server
   mkdir -p lib/python2.7
   export PYTHONPATH=$PWD/lib/python2.7
   easy_install-2.7 -s $PWD/bin -d $PWD/lib/python2.7 virtualenv
   ./bin/virtualenv mysite-env
   source mysite-env/bin/activate
   pip install Pinax
   pinax-admin setup_project mysite
   cd mysite
   mkdir -p site_media/{media,static}
   # edit settings.py to set your database config.
   # if using sqlite, then use the full path to the db.
   python manage.py syncdb
   python manage.py collectstatic

3. Edit ~/webapps/pinax_server/apache2/bin/start to add a line that activates your virtualenv when apache is started, eg:

   #!/bin/bash
   
   source /home/username/webapps/pinax_server/mysite-env/bin/activate
   
   LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/username/webapps/pinax_server/apache2/lib /home/username/webapps/pinax_server/apache2/bin/httpd.worker -f /home/username/webapps/pinax_server/apache2/conf/httpd.conf -k start

4. Add the following line to the end of your ~/webapps/pinax_server/apache2/conf/httpd.conf

   WSGIScriptAlias / /home/username/webapps/pinax_server/mysite/wsgi.py

5. Restart your Apache.
6. In the control panel, create a new "Symbolic link to static-only app" application using "/home/username/webapps/pinax_server/mysite/site_media" in the "extra info" field.
7. In the control panel, configure your site to serve the "pinax_server" app on the root URL path "/", and the symlink app on URL path "/site_media".
8. Wait a few minutes for the control panel changes to take effect, and you're done.