/fiftystates/site/settings.py

import os

DEBUG = False
TEMPLATE_DEBUG = False

ADMINS = (
    ('James Turk', 'jturk@sunlightfoundation.com'),
    ('Michael Stephens', 'mstephens@sunlightfoundation.com'),
)

MANAGERS = ADMINS

# 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 = True

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

# Make this unique, and don't share it with anybody.
SECRET_KEY = 'qe_7q2@i9sskbz&hf5tx)39z0=shicxr*_57yr0jw2bxr7=i8+'

# 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.cache.UpdateCacheMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.cache.FetchFromCacheMiddleware',
    'locksmith.auth.middleware.APIKeyMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.redirects.middleware.RedirectFallbackMiddleware',
)

ROOT_URLCONF = 'fiftystates.site.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.
    "/home/fiftystates_site/fiftystates_site/fiftystates/templates/",
    "/home/fiftystates_site/fiftystates_site/state_geo/templates/",
    "/home/fiftystates_site/fiftystates_site/status/templates/",
)

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.sites',
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.admindocs',
    'django.contrib.humanize',
    'django.contrib.gis',
    'django.contrib.redirects',
    'fiftystates.site.api',
    'fiftystates.site.geo',
    'fiftystates.site.browse',
    'locksmith.auth',
)


try:
    from local_settings import *
except ImportError:
    pass