Django settings.py not being detected
django, python
Solution
I know it's a silly question, but did you restart your server after making the changes?
By default, production (by which I mean Apache-based, and perhaps other) instances of Django do not auto-reload on changes. The Django development server will auto-reload, as long as you don't specifically tell it not to.
You have to restart (or stop and then start) an Apache-based Django for it to see the file changes.
Important tip: do not run a production site off of the development server. It is slow, slow, slow, and probably insecure in ways I don't know about.
Problem
I'm pretty new to Django and I'm having some difficulty getting my settings.py to load properly. I'm getting the following error: ImproperlyConfigured at /admin Put 'django.contrib.admin' in your INSTALLED_APPS setting in order to use the admin application. However, my settings.py INSTALLED_APPS looks as follows: ``` INSTALLED_APPS = ( 'django.contrib.auth', 'django.contrib.contenttypes', 'django.contrib.sessions', 'django.contrib.sites', 'django.contrib.messages', 'django.contrib.staticfiles', 'django.contrib.admin', 'squaredcrm' ) ``` Looking through the error log, I've noticed its not picking up any of my changes to installed apps: Django Version: 1.4.3 Python Version: 2.7.3 Installed Applications: ('django.contrib.auth', 'django.contrib.contenttypes', 'django.contrib.sessions', 'django.contrib.sites', 'django.contrib.messages', 'django.contrib.staticfiles') Installed Middleware: ('django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware', 'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware', 'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware', 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware', 'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware') I cannot figure this out for the life of me. Any other changes seem to be working, but this field will not update. Any ideas?