How-to Guides

How-to guides are goal-oriented directions that help you accomplish specific tasks.

These guides assume you’re already familiar with aclarknet basics. They provide practical steps to solve real-world problems and achieve specific goals.

Deployment

Quick Deployment Guide

Quick reference for deploying aclarknet to production. Covers the essential steps to get your application running on a server.

AWS SES Email Configuration Guide

Configure Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) for sending emails from your application. Includes both IAM user and IAM role authentication methods.

How to Add an SES IAM Role to Your EC2 Instance

Add an IAM role to your EC2 instance for secure AWS service access without storing credentials in your code.

Email

Fix Gmail Warning

Fix the “Be careful with this message” warning that Gmail displays for emails sent from AWS SES. Add DMARC and DKIM records to pass email authentication.

Content Management

Testimonials Quick Start Guide

Manage client testimonials through the Django admin interface. Learn how to add, feature, and organize testimonials on your site.

Testing

Manual Testing Guide for Client Categorization Feature

Manually test the application to verify functionality. Covers testing contact forms, client categorization, testimonials, and admin features.

Payments

Stripe Test Mode Configuration

Configure and test Stripe payments in production using test mode. Learn how to get test API keys, use test cards, and switch to live mode when ready.

Copy Invoice Data for Emails

Copy invoice row data to your clipboard as plain text for pasting into emails.

Managing Dependencies with Renovate

Understand the Renovate automated dependency workflow and what to do when PRs arrive.

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