settings.py

import os

PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
def project_path(s):
    return os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, s)

# These should be overridden in production in settings_local.py
DEBUG = True
TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG

ADMINS = (
    ('Mason Tang', 'masont@mit.edu'),
    ('Elena Tatarchenko', 'elena_11@mit.edu'),
)

MANAGERS = ADMINS

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        'NAME': 'caesar.db',
        'USER': '',        
        'PASSWORD': '',   
        'HOST': '',      
        'PORT': '',     
    }
}

EMAIL_HOST = 'localhost'
EMAIL_PORT = 25
EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX = '[Caesar] '

# 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.
# On Unix systems, a value of None will cause Django to use the same
# timezone as the operating system.
# 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

# If you set this to False, Django will not format dates, numbers and
# calendars according to the current locale
USE_L10N = True

# Normalize all incoming URLs by appending a slash if necessary
APPEND_SLASH = True

# Absolute path to the directory that holds media.
# Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/"
# This should be overridden in production in settings_local
MEDIA_ROOT = 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/'

STATIC_URL = '/static/'

# 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 = STATIC_URL + 'admin/'

STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    project_path('static'),
)

STATIC_ROOT = project_path('sitestatic')

PROFILE_PHOTO_DIR = 'photos/profiles'

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

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    'mit.auth.SSLRemoteUserMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
    'debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware',
)

TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
    'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
    'django.core.context_processors.debug',
    'django.core.context_processors.i18n',
    'django.core.context_processors.media',
    'django.core.context_processors.static',
    'django.core.context_processors.request',
    'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
)

AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
    'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
    'mit.auth.SSLRemoteUserBackend',
)

ROOT_URLCONF = '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.

    project_path('templates'),
)

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.sites',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.admindocs',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',

    'south',
    'sorl.thumbnail',
    'debug_toolbar',
    'django_extensions',

    'utils',
    'accounts',
    'chunks',
    'review',
    'tasks',
    'notifications',
)

LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = '/'
AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE = 'accounts.UserProfile'

def show_debug_toolbar(request):
    return DEBUG

DEBUG_TOOLBAR_CONFIG = {
    'SHOW_TOOLBAR_CALLBACK': show_debug_toolbar,
    'INTERCEPT_REDIRECTS': False,
    'SHOW_TEMPLATE_CONTEXT': False,
}
DEBUG_TOOLBAR_PANELS = (
    'debug_toolbar.panels.version.VersionDebugPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.timer.TimerDebugPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.settings_vars.SettingsVarsDebugPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.headers.HeaderDebugPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.request_vars.RequestVarsDebugPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.sql.SQLDebugPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.signals.SignalDebugPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.logger.LoggingPanel',
)

# PROJECT SPECIFIC SETTINGS
MINIMUM_SNIPPET_LENGTH = 80


from settings_local import *