settings_EXAMPLE.py

# Development settings

import os
DIRNAME = os.path.dirname(__file__)

DEBUG = True
TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG

# Development database connection settings
DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.', # Add 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'postgresql', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
        'NAME': '',                      # Or path to database file if using sqlite3.
        'USER': '',                      # Not used with sqlite3.
        'PASSWORD': '',                  # Not used with sqlite3.
        'HOST': '',                      # Set to empty string for localhost. Not used with sqlite3.
        'PORT': '',                      # Set to empty string for default. Not used with sqlite3.
    }
}

# Make this unique, and don't share it with anybody.
SECRET_KEY = 'random string of ascii text here'

# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name
TIME_ZONE = 'Europe/Rome'

# 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

# URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use a
# trailing slash.
# Examples: "http://media.lawrence.com/media/", "http://example.com/media/"
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'

# URL prefix for static files.
# Example: "http://media.lawrence.com/static/"
STATIC_URL = '/static/'

# Examples: "http://foo.com/static/admin/", "/static/admin/".
# ln -s ~/django_projects/mysite/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/media/ ~/django_projects/mysite/myproject/static/admin
ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = '/static/admin/'

MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(DIRNAME, 'media')
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(DIRNAME, 'static')
TEMPLATE_DIRS = os.path.join(DIRNAME, 'templates')

# Additional locations of static files
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    # Put strings here, like "/home/html/static" or "C:/www/django/static".
    # Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
    # Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
	'',
)

# List of finder classes that know how to find static files in
# various locations.
STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
#    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.DefaultStorageFinder',
)

# 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',
    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
	'django.contrib.flatpages.middleware.FlatpageFallbackMiddleware', # enabling middleware for flatpages app 
)

ROOT_URLCONF = 'myproject.urls'

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.sites',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    # enabling markup so we can have markdown. requires http://www.freewisdom.org/projects/python-markdown
    'django.contrib.markup',
    # 'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'django.contrib.flatpages', # enabling flatpages app
    # Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
    'django.contrib.admin',
    # Uncomment the next line to enable admin documentation:
    'django.contrib.admindocs',
    'myproject',
)

# A sample logging configuration. The only tangible logging
# performed by this configuration is to send an email to
# the site admins on every HTTP 500 error.
# See http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/logging for
# more details on how to customize your logging configuration.
# LOGGING = {
#     'version': 1,
#     'disable_existing_loggers': False,
#     'handlers': {
#         'mail_admins': {
#             'level': 'ERROR',
#             'class': 'django.utils.log.AdminEmailHandler'
#         }
#     },
#     'loggers': {
#         'django.request': {
#             'handlers': ['mail_admins'],
#             'level': 'ERROR',
#             'propagate': True,
#         },
#     }
# }