Following guidelines from http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/

blogthon.cgi

@@ -81,41 +81,63 @@ for config in ["../blogthonrc", "../.blogthonrc", "configuration"]:
 if not config:
     errorpage("No suitable configuration found!")
 
-try: blog_title = configuration.get("personal", "blog_title")
+try:
-except: errorpage("\"blog_title\" is missing in configuration!")
+    blog_title = configuration.get("personal", "blog_title")
+except:
+    errorpage("\"blog_title\" is missing in configuration!")
 
-try: blog_subtitle = configuration.get("personal", "blog_subtitle")
+try:
-except: errorpage("\"blog_subtitle\" is missing in configuration!")
+    blog_subtitle = configuration.get("personal", "blog_subtitle")
+except:
+    errorpage("\"blog_subtitle\" is missing in configuration!")
 
-try: blog_url = configuration.get("personal", "blog_url")
+try:
-except: errorpage("\"blog_url\" is missing in configuration!")
+    blog_url = configuration.get("personal", "blog_url")
+except:
+    errorpage("\"blog_url\" is missing in configuration!")
 
-try: keywords = configuration.get("personal", "keywords")
+try:
-except: errorpage("\"keywords\" is missing in configuration!")
+    keywords = configuration.get("personal", "keywords")
+except:
+    errorpage("\"keywords\" is missing in configuration!")
+
+try:
+    entries_dir = configuration.get("personal", "entries_dir")
+except:
+    errorpage("\"entries_dir\" is missing in configuration!")
 
-try: entries_dir = configuration.get("personal", "entries_dir")
-except: errorpage("\"entries_dir\" is missing in configuration!")
 if not os.path.exists(entries_dir):
     errorpage("\"entries_dir\" does not exist!")
 
-try: entries_suffix = configuration.get("personal", "entries_suffix")
+try:
-except: errorpage("\"entries_suffix\" is missing in configuration!")
+    entries_suffix = configuration.get("personal", "entries_suffix")
+except:
+    errorpage("\"entries_suffix\" is missing in configuration!")
 
-try: staticpages_dir = configuration.get("personal", "staticpages_dir")
+try:
-except: errorpage("\"staticpages_dir\" is missing in configuration!")
+    staticpages_dir = configuration.get("personal", "staticpages_dir")
+except:
+    errorpage("\"staticpages_dir\" is missing in configuration!")
 if not os.path.exists(staticpages_dir):
     errorpage("\"staticpages_dir\" does not exist!")
 
-try: plugins_dir = configuration.get("personal", "plugins_dir")
+try:
-except: errorpage("\"plugins_dir\" is missing in configuration!")
+    plugins_dir = configuration.get("personal", "plugins_dir")
+except:
+    errorpage("\"plugins_dir\" is missing in configuration!")
 if not os.path.exists(plugins_dir):
     errorpage("\"plugins_dir\" does not exist!")
 
-try: style = configuration.get("look", "style")
+try:
-except: errorpage("\"style\" is missing in configuration!")
+    style = configuration.get("look", "style")
+except:
+    errorpage("\"style\" is missing in configuration!")
+
+try:
+    language = configuration.get("look", "language")
+except:
+    errorpage("\"language\" is missing in configuration!")
 
-try: language = configuration.get("look", "language")
-except: errorpage("\"language\" is missing in configuration!")
 if language == "de":
     blog_locale = ("Seiten", "Monate", "Links", "Keine Kommentare", "Kommentare", "Alle Einträge anzeigen...", "Name", "Text", "Absenden")
     locales_de = ("de_DE.UTF-8", "de_DE.@euro", "de_DE")
@@ -123,8 +145,10 @@ if language == "de":
         try: 
             locale.setlocale(locale.LC_TIME, i)
             break
-		except: continue
+        except:
-	else: locale.setlocale(locale.LC_TIME, None)
+            continue
+    else:
+        locale.setlocale(locale.LC_TIME, None)
 
 else:
     blog_locale = ("pages", "months", "links", "no comments", "comments", "View all entries...", "name", "text", "commit")
@@ -133,61 +157,97 @@ else:
         try:
             locale.setlocale(locale.LC_TIME, i)
             break
-		except: continue
+        except:
-	else: locale.setlocale(locale.LC_TIME, None)
+            continue
+    else:
+        locale.setlocale(locale.LC_TIME, None)
 
-try: entries_per_page = configuration.getint("look", "entries_per_page")
+try:
-except: errorpage("\"entries_per_page\" is missing in configuration!")
+    entries_per_page = configuration.getint("look", "entries_per_page")
+except:
+    errorpage("\"entries_per_page\" is missing in configuration!")
 
-try: monthlist = configuration.get("look", "monthlist")
+try:
-except: errorpage("\"monthlist\" is missing in configuration!")
+    monthlist = configuration.get("look", "monthlist")
+except:
+    errorpage("\"monthlist\" is missing in configuration!")
 
-try: staticpages = configuration.get("look", "staticpages")
+try:
-except: errorpage("\"staticpages\" is missing in configuration!")
+    staticpages = configuration.get("look", "staticpages")
+except:
+    errorpage("\"staticpages\" is missing in configuration!")
 
-try: linklist = configuration.get("look", "linklist")
+try:
-except: errorpage("\"linklist\" is missing in configuration!")
+    linklist = configuration.get("look", "linklist")
+except:
+    errorpage("\"linklist\" is missing in configuration!")
 if not os.path.exists("linklist"):
     errorpage("\"linklist\" does not exist!")
 
-try: permalinks = configuration.get("look", "permalinks")
+try:
-except: errorpage("\"permalinks\" is missing in configuration!")
+    permalinks = configuration.get("look", "permalinks")
+except:
+    errorpage("\"permalinks\" is missing in configuration!")
 
-try: comments = configuration.get("look", "comments")
+try:
-except: errorpage("\"comments\" is missing in configuration!")
+    comments = configuration.get("look", "comments")
+except:
+    errorpage("\"comments\" is missing in configuration!")
 
-try: newest_first = configuration.get("look", "newest_first")
+try:
-except: errorpage("\"newest_first\" is missing in configuration!")
+    newest_first = configuration.get("look", "newest_first")
+except:
+    errorpage("\"newest_first\" is missing in configuration!")
 
-try: new_comment_mail = configuration.get("smtp", "new_comment_mail")
+try:
-except: errorpage("\"new_comment_mail\" is missing in configuration!")
+    new_comment_mail = configuration.get("smtp", "new_comment_mail")
+except:
+    errorpage("\"new_comment_mail\" is missing in configuration!")
 
-try: mail_to = configuration.get("smtp", "mail_to")
+try:
-except: errorpage("\"mail_to\" is missing in configuration!")
+    mail_to = configuration.get("smtp", "mail_to")
+except:
+    errorpage("\"mail_to\" is missing in configuration!")
 
-try: smtp_host = configuration.get("smtp", "smtp_host")
+try:
-except: errorpage("\"smtp_host\" is missing in configuration!")
+    smtp_host = configuration.get("smtp", "smtp_host")
+except:
+    errorpage("\"smtp_host\" is missing in configuration!")
 
-try: feed_preview = configuration.get("feed", "feed_preview")
+try:
-except: errorpage("\"feed_preview\" is missing or empty in configuration!")
+    feed_preview = configuration.get("feed", "feed_preview")
+except:
+    errorpage("\"feed_preview\" is missing or empty in configuration!")
 
 # Read POST Variables
 action = FieldStorage()
 month_display = action.getvalue("m")
 
 static_display = action.getvalue("s")
-if static_display: static_display = static_display.replace("/", "")
+if static_display:
+    static_display = static_display.replace("/", "")
 
 post_display = action.getvalue("p")
-if post_display: post_display = post_display.replace(" ", "-").replace("/", "")
+if post_display:
+    post_display = post_display.replace(" ", "-").replace("/", "")
 
 allentries_display = action.getvalue("a")
 feed_display = action.getvalue("feed")
-if not month_display: month_display = ""
+
-if not post_display: post_display = ""
+if not month_display:
-if not static_display: static_display = ""
+    month_display = ""
-if not allentries_display: allentries_display = ""
+
-if not feed_display: feed_display = ""
+if not post_display:
+    post_display = ""
+
+if not static_display:
+    static_display = ""
+
+if not allentries_display:
+    allentries_display = ""
+
+if not feed_display:
+    feed_display = ""
 
 # Commentstuff
 ctitle = action.getvalue("ctitle")
@@ -195,11 +255,17 @@ cname = action.getvalue("cname")
 ctext = action.getvalue("ctext")
 cquiz = action.getvalue("cquiz")
 cquizv = action.getvalue("cquizv")
-if not ctitle: ctitle = ""
+
-if not cname: cname = ""
+if not ctitle:
-if not ctext: ctext = ""
+    ctitle = ""
-if not cquiz: cquiz = ""
+if not cname:
-if not cquizv: cquizv = ""
+    cname = ""
+if not ctext:
+    ctext = ""
+if not cquiz:
+    cquiz = ""
+if not cquizv:
+    cquizv = ""
 
 # Comment to commit?
 if cname and ctext and ctitle:
@@ -608,4 +674,4 @@ else:
     print tab + "</body>"
     print "</html>"
 
-# vim: set tw=0 ts=4:
+# vim: set sw=4 tw=0 ts=4 expandtab: