Glad you got it figured out! On Thursday, 13 August 2015 09:41:23 UTC-7, Geoff P wrote: > > Thanks! Deleting the settings.py file and migrating the database didn't > work at first, but I deleted the project and started over. Now I'm able to > see the theme's css and some of the content applied to the basic Mezzanine > site. > > On Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 6:36:37 PM UTC-7, Avery Laird wrote: >> >> So I assume your root directory looks something like this: >> >> deploy/ >> fabfile.py >> manage.py >> etc >> project/ >> local_settings.py >> settings.py >> etc >> static/ >> ... >> ... >> theme/ >> models.py >> admin.py >> etc >> templates/ >> ... >> ... >> etc >> >> What happens if you remove the settings.py file you created in your root >> directory (or rename it if you're worried about deleting it), make sure >> that 'theme' is in INSTALLED_APPS in the default settings.py file (at the >> top), and migrate the database for good luck? While it's likely the theme >> wasn't designed under mezzanine 4, the basic concept and layout of an app >> hasn't changed. The errors thrown should be a good indicator of what's >> going wrong, or who knows, that might even fix it. >> >> On Wednesday, 12 August 2015 18:24:24 UTC-7, Geoff P wrote: >>> >>> python manage.py createsuperuser threw the same ALLOWED_HOSTS error >>> and then prompted me to put in a user, email, and password. I entered info, >>> then ran the server. The admin still won't let me log in. >>> >>> About having to create another settings.py file, I'm not sure. I guess >>> maybe the theme points to a settings.py file at the root, and the Mezzanine >>> 4 install maybe isn't looking there. It seems the install wants the >>> settings.py file in the subdirectory, and the theme (which was I assume set >>> up for an earlier version of mezzanine) wants a settings.py file at the >>> root. >>> >>> On Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 6:00:11 PM UTC-7, Avery Laird wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Geoff, >>>> >>>> To get rid of the ALLOWED_HOSTS issue, you can add 'localhost' to the >>>> list of ALLOWED_HOSTS in `project/local_settings.py`. >>>> >>>> Out of curiosity, what happens when you try to create a user using the >>>> command line? eg, `python manage.py createsuperuser`? Also, what caused >>>> you >>>> to have to create another `settings.py` file? This might help with the >>>> troubleshooting >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, 12 August 2015 16:04:10 UTC-7, Geoff P wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello, designer here attempting obtain skills with Django and >>>>> Mezzanine (actually it's a project for work). I've installed a theme from >>>>> Mezzatheme called "Singularity". >>>>> >>>>> I've gone over the readme. The first step suggests setting a homepage >>>>> from the admin, but I can't get into the admin with the default user:* >>>>> admin* and password: *default*. I've installed on my localhost. >>>>> >>>>> At first I had some trouble even installing the theme (app). The old >>>>> mezzanine installed with a settings.py file at the root of the project, >>>>> then you could put your theme folder in the project and change the >>>>> settings.py file to include the theme app. Now I see that when I set up a >>>>> Mezzanine project with Mezzanine 4, the settings.py, local_settings.py, >>>>> urls.py and, wsgi.py, are actually placed in a subdirectory of the >>>>> project >>>>> with the same name of its parent folder. In order to install the >>>>> Singularity theme I had to change the settings.py file in that >>>>> subdirectory >>>>> and I also had to add a settings.py file to the project root. Then I had >>>>> to >>>>> add 'theme,' to INSTALLED_APPS in both settings.py files in order for the >>>>> server to run the site. With all that said, I'm able to runserver - I >>>>> think >>>>> everything looks right, except I can't log in to the admin. >>>>> >>>>> I did notice when running the server that I get an error: "UserError: >>>>> You haven't defined the ALLOWED_HOST settings, which Django requires. >>>>> Will >>>>> fall back to the domains configured as sites. " >>>>> >>>>> Do I need to do something with the database? Do I have the setup >>>>> wrong? Miss a step? Sorry for the rambling. I've been working with Python >>>>> and Django steadily, but as you can see I'm not up to par. Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>
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