VoteAlign is forked from Askbot, an open-source Q&A system.

• Python 2.7: http://www.python.org/getit/releases/2.7.6/#download
• virtualenv: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv#installation
• GNU Make:
  • Windows: http://cygwin.com/install.html
  • Mac: https://developer.apple.com/xcode
  • Linux: http://www.gnu.org/software/make (likely already installed)
• GNU gettext:
  • Windows: ???
  • Mac: brew install gettext (http://brew.sh)
  • Linux: ???

Create a virtualenv and local deployment:

make env

Build the database and messages:

make assets

Start the server:

make serve

Start the server and launch the site in your browser:

make launch

As far as we can tell, all displayed English text is located in:

• askbot/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/*.po
• askbot/conf/words.py

The compiled translations (*.mo) are created from *.po files using gettext. Default (English) phrases are located in words.py. Compile new messages before starting the server:

make messages