DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE?Link to this heading#Make sure that:
\nThe environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE is set to a\nfully-qualified Python module (i.e. mysite.settings).
Said module is on sys.path (import mysite.settings should work).
The module doesn’t contain syntax errors.
We happen to think our template engine is the best thing since chunky bacon,\nbut we recognize that choosing a template language runs close to religion.\nThere’s nothing about Django that requires using the template language, so\nif you’re attached to Jinja2, Mako, or whatever, feel free to use those.
\nNope. Just like the template system, the model/database layer is decoupled from\nthe rest of the framework.
\nThe one exception is: If you use a different database library, you won’t get to\nuse Django’s automatically-generated admin site. That app is coupled to the\nDjango database layer.
\nUsing a FileField or an\nImageField in a model takes a few steps:
In your settings file, you’ll need to define MEDIA_ROOT as\nthe full path to a directory where you’d like Django to store uploaded\nfiles. (For performance, these files are not stored in the database.)\nDefine MEDIA_URL as the base public URL of that directory.\nMake sure that this directory is writable by the web server’s user\naccount.
Add the FileField or\nImageField to your model, defining the\nupload_to option to specify a\nsubdirectory of MEDIA_ROOT to use for uploaded files.
All that will be stored in your database is a path to the file\n(relative to MEDIA_ROOT). You’ll most likely want to use the\nconvenience url attribute\nprovided by Django. For example, if your\nImageField is called mug_shot, you can get\nthe absolute path to your image in a template with\n{{ object.mug_shot.url }}.
Sometimes your templates all need the same thing. A common example would be\ndynamically generated menus. At first glance, it seems logical to add a common\ndictionary to the template context.
\nThe best way to do this in Django is to use a RequestContext. Details on\nhow to do this are here: Using RequestContext.