settings.py

import os

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        'NAME': ':memory:',
    }
}

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'templated_email',
    'tests.generic_views',
)

SECRET_KEY = "notimportant"

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [
            'tests/template_fixtures',
        ],
        'APP_DIRS': True,
        'OPTIONS': {
            'context_processors': [
                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                'django.template.context_processors.i18n',
                'django.template.context_processors.media',
                'django.template.context_processors.static',
                'django.template.context_processors.tz',
                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
            ],
        },
    },
]

ROOT_URLCONF = 'tests.test_urls'
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "tmp")
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'