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    """
    Here's my sample Django settings for a project I recently did. Visit http://damonjablons.wordpress.com to see the explanation.
    """

    import os
    import socket

    # Set DEBUG = True if on the production server
    if socket.gethostname() == 'your.domain.com':
    DEBUG = False
    else:
    DEBUG = True

    TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG

    ADMINS = (
    ('Damon Jablons', '[email protected]'),
    )

    MANAGERS = ADMINS

    # The database settings are left blank so to force the use of local_settings.py below
    DATABASE_ENGINE = '' # 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'postgresql', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
    DATABASE_NAME = '' # Or path to database file if using sqlite3.
    DATABASE_USER = '' # Not used with sqlite3.
    DATABASE_PASSWORD = '' # Not used with sqlite3.
    DATABASE_HOST = '' # Set to empty string for localhost. Not used with sqlite3.
    DATABASE_PORT = '' # Set to empty string for default. Not used with sqlite3.

    # 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/New_York'

    # 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 = False

    # This dynamically discovers the path to the project
    PROJECT_PATH = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__))

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

    # 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 = '%sadmin-media/' % MEDIA_URL

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

    # 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',
    )

    # Context Processors
    TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
    'django.core.context_processors.auth',
    'django.core.context_processors.media',
    'django.core.context_processors.request',
    )

    if DEBUG:
    TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS += ('django.core.context_processors.debug',)
    if USE_I18N:
    TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS += ('django.core.context_processors.i18n',)

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

    if DEBUG:
    MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES += ('debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware',)

    ROOT_URLCONF = 'urls'

    TEMPLATE_DIRS = ()
    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(PROJECT_PATH):
    if 'templates' in dirs: TEMPLATE_DIRS += (os.path.join(root, 'templates'),)

    INSTALLED_APPS = (

    # Django Applications
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.sites',
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.admindocs',

    # Third Party Django Applications
    'django_extensions',
    'sorl.thumbnail',
    'filebrowser',
    'chunks',
    'registration',

    # Project Applications
    'use',
    'wsgi',
    'and',
    'dont',
    'include',
    'the',
    'project',
    'name',
    )

    if DEBUG:
    INSTALLED_APPS += ('debug_toolbar',)

    TEMPLATE_TAGS = (
    'sorl.thumbnail.templatetags.thumbnail',
    'scribblitt.general.templatetags.rotator_includes',
    'chunks.templatetags.chunks',
    )

    # SORL Settings
    THUMBNAIL_EXTENSION = 'png'

    # Filebrowser Settings
    FILEBROWSER_URL_WWW = os.path.join(MEDIA_URL, 'uploads%s' % os.sep)
    FILEBROWSER_PATH_SERVE = os.path.join(MEDIA_ROOT, 'uploads')
    FILEBROWSER_URL_FILEBROWSER_MEDIA = os.path.join(MEDIA_URL, 'filebrowser%s' % os.sep)
    FILEBROWSER_PATH_FILEBROWSER_MEDIA = os.path.join(MEDIA_ROOT, 'filebrowser')

    # Registration App Settings
    ACCOUNT_ACTIVATION_DAYS = 3
    LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = '/'

    INTERNAL_IPS = (
    '127.0.0.1',
    )

    DEBUG_TOOLBAR_CONFIG = {
    'INTERCEPT_REDIRECTS': False,
    }

    try:
    from local_settings import *
    except ImportError:
    pass