Reworked settings to allow for easier deployment. Production should pick up the production settings automatically. Start the development server now with python manage.py runserver --settings=settings.dev

settings/dev.py

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+from settings.base import *
+
+DEBUG = True
+TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
+
+# Hosts/domain names that are valid for this site; required if DEBUG is False
+# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/ref/settings/#allowed-hosts
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3', # Add 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
+        'NAME': 'db.sqlite3',  # Or path to database file if using sqlite3.
+        # The following settings are not used with sqlite3:
+        'USER': '',
+        'PASSWORD': '',
+        'HOST': '',                      # Empty for localhost through domain sockets or '127.0.0.1' for localhost through TCP.
+        'PORT': '',                      # Set to empty string for default.
+    }
+}
+
+
+
+# URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use a
+# trailing slash.
+# Examples: "http://example.com/media/", "http://media.example.com/"
+MEDIA_URL = 'http://127.0.0.1:8000/media/'
+