Problems with default settings.py file

[Blake Adams]

Hello I am a python noob going through the getttingstarted with django tutorial.

For some reason When I start a new project, the default settings.py file is missing a lot of default settings (Admin, Media, Some of the Databse info, Statis_file, Logging, etc.).  Im looking for any direction on why this is happening and what I might be doing wrong.  Thanks!

Here is my current complete settings file below (version that gets created with missing info):

"""

Django settings for microblog2 project.

For more information on this file, see

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/topics/settings/

For the full list of settings and their values, see

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/ref/settings/

"""

# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)

import os

BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))

# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production

# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/howto/deployment/checklist/

# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!

SECRET_KEY = 

# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!

DEBUG = True

TEMPLATE_DEBUG = True

ALLOWED_HOSTS = []

# Application definition

INSTALLED_APPS = (

    'django.contrib.admin',

    'django.contrib.auth',

    'django.contrib.contenttypes',

    'django.contrib.sessions',

    'django.contrib.messages',

    'django.contrib.staticfiles',

)

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (

    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',

    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',

    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',

    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',

    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',

    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',

)

ROOT_URLCONF = 'microblog2.urls'

WSGI_APPLICATION = 'microblog2.wsgi.application'

# Database

# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/ref/settings/#databases

DATABASES = {

    'default': {

        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',

        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),

    }

}

# Internationalization

# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/topics/i18n/

LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'

TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'

USE_I18N = True

USE_L10N = True

USE_TZ = True

# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)

# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/howto/static-files/

STATIC_URL = '/static/'

[Felipe Coelho]

2013/12/2 Blake Adams <blake...@gmail.com>

They are not "missing", they are just not specified. In 1.5, a lot of settings were present in the default settings file but they only contained the default values for those settings, you could easily remove them and nothing would change.

1.6 simplified [1] the default project template, it's a lot less confusing for someone who's just starting with Django, and if you need the extras, take a look at the settings reference [2].

[1] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/1.6/#simplified-default-project-and-app-templates

[2] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/ref/settings/

[Blake Adams]

Thanks Felipe!