settings.py

# Django settings for generic project.
import os
import sys
from django.contrib.messages import constants as message_constants

BASE_DIR    = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
APP_FOLDER        = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'apps')
INC_FOLDER        = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'third-party')
ROOT_URLCONF      = "urls"

TIME_ZONE          = 'America/New_York'
LANGUAGE_CODE      = 'en-us'
SITE_ID            = 1
USE_I18N           = False
TIME_INPUT_FORMATS = [
    '%I:%M %p',     # '02:30 PM'
    '%I:%M:%S %p',  # '02:30:59 PM'
    '%H:%M:%S',     # '14:30:59'
    '%H:%M:%S.%f',  # '14:30:59.000200'
    '%H:%M',        # '14:30'
]

LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = '/'

MIDDLEWARE = [
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
]

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [
            os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')
        ],
        'APP_DIRS': True,
        'OPTIONS': {
            'context_processors': [
                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                'django.template.context_processors.request',
                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
            ],
        },
    },
]

FORM_RENDERER = 'django.forms.renderers.TemplatesSetting'

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.sites',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.forms',
    'widget_tweaks',
    'manager',
]

AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = [
    'manager.auth.Backend',
]

MESSAGE_TAGS = {
    message_constants.DEBUG   : '',
    message_constants.INFO    : 'alert-info',
    message_constants.SUCCESS : 'alert-success',
    message_constants.WARNING : 'alert-warning',
    message_constants.ERROR   : 'alert-danger',
}

WSGI_APPLICATION = 'wsgi.application'

DOT = ''
with open(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static', 'img', 'dot.png'), 'rb') as dot:
    DOT = dot.read()

try:
    from settings_local import *
except ImportError:
    from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
    raise ImproperlyConfigured(
        'Local settings file was not found. ' +
        'Ensure settings_local.py exists in project root.'
    )