Well, they have both a SITE_NAME config option and are using the sites framework:
http://github.com/pinax/pinax/blob/master/pinax/projects/basic_project/settings.py#L137 http://github.com/pinax/pinax/blob/master/pinax/projects/basic_project/settings.py#L202 And they add the SITE_NAME project wide like this: http://github.com/pinax/pinax/blob/master/pinax/core/context_processors.py Personally, I have always used the sites framework (especially when handling outgoing emails and rss feeds). I think the fact that they are using SITE_NAME is mostly historic and not something they have really thought trough. Ariel.
