root/settings.py

import os

DATE_FORMAT = "l, d F Y"
USE_I18N = False
USE_ETAGS = True
DJANGO_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))

MEDIA_ROOT = DJANGO_ROOT + "/static"
MEDIA_URL = ''
ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = '/media/'

TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
    'django.template.loaders.filesystem.load_template_source',
    'django.template.loaders.app_directories.load_template_source',
)

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.gzip.GZipMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.csrf.middleware.CsrfMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.http.ConditionalGetMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.flatpages.middleware.FlatpageFallbackMiddleware',
)

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.comments',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.humanize',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.sites',
    'django.contrib.flatpages',
    'django.contrib.markup',
    'gelens_org.blog',
#    'extensions',
)

ROOT_URLCONF = 'urls'
TEMPLATE_DIRS = (DJANGO_ROOT + "/templates",)

try:
    from local_settings import *
except ImportError:
    pass