settings.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# NOTE: All configuration in this file should be for a development site:
# non-production database, email sending only to test addreses, etc. Production
# sites will override those values in a local_settings.py file which is not
# tracked in source-control under that name - the production values might be
# based on, say, `deploy/local_settings.py` which is updated to add the database
# password.

import logging
import os
import sys

PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
DEBUG = True
TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG

ADMINS = (
    # ('Your Name', 'your_email@domain.com'),
)
MANAGERS = ADMINS

DATABASE_ENGINE   = 'sqlite3'
DATABASE_NAME     = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, "dev.db")

# Local time zone for this installation. Choices can be found here:
# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name
# although not all choices may be available on all operating systems.
# If running in a Windows environment this must be set to the same as your
# system time zone.
TIME_ZONE = 'America/Chicago'

# Language code for this installation. All choices can be found here:
# http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/language-identifiers.html
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'

SITE_ID = 1

# If you set this to False, Django will make some optimizations so as not
# to load the internationalization machinery.
USE_I18N = True

# Absolute path to the directory that holds media.
# Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/"
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, "media")

# URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use a
# trailing slash if there is a path component (optional in other cases).
# Examples: "http://media.lawrence.com", "http://example.com/media/"
MEDIA_URL = ''

# URL prefix for admin media -- CSS, JavaScript and images. Make sure to use a
# trailing slash.
# Examples: "http://foo.com/media/", "/media/".
ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = '/media/'

# Make this unique, and don't share it with anybody.
SECRET_KEY = !!!CHANGE ME NOW!!!

# List of callables that know how to import templates from various sources.
TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
    'django.template.loaders.filesystem.load_template_source',
    'django.template.loaders.app_directories.load_template_source',
#     'django.template.loaders.eggs.load_template_source',
)

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
)

ROOT_URLCONF = '<SITE_NAME>.urls'

TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
    # Put strings here, like "/home/html/django_templates" or "C:/www/django/templates".
    # Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
    # Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
)

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.sites',
)

try:
    from local_settings import *
except ImportError, e:
    print >> sys.stderr, "Unable to import local_settings: continuing using development settings. Error: %s" % e

logging.basicConfig(
    level=logging.DEBUG if DEBUG else logging.INFO,
    format='%(levelname)s: %(message)s'
)

if DEBUG:
    try:
        import debug_toolbar

        INSTALLED_APPS += ('debug_toolbar',)
        MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES += ('debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware',)
    except ImportError:
        logging.info("Running debug mode without debug_toolbar: install it if you need it")