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+# Copyright 2005-2008, James Garrison
+# Copyright 2010, Bradley M. Kuhn
+
+# This software's license gives you freedom; you can copy, convey,
+# propagate, redistribute, modify and/or redistribute modified versions of
+# this program under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# (AGPL) as published by the Free Software Foundation (FSF), either
+# version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version of the
+# AGPL published by the FSF.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Affero
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program in a file in the toplevel directory called
+# "AGPLv3".  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+SITE_ID = 2
+ROOT_URLCONF = 'conservancy.urls'
+
+REDIRECT_TABLE = {
+    'www.sf-conservancy.org': 'sfconservancy.org',
+}
+
+LOGGING = {
+    'version': 1,
+    'disable_existing_loggers': False,
+    'formatters': {
+        'default': {
+            'format': '%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(name)s: %(message)s',
+            'datefmt': '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S',
+        },
+    },
+    'filters': {
+        'require_debug_false': {
+            '()': 'django.utils.log.RequireDebugFalse'
+        }
+    },
+    'handlers': {
+        'mail_admins': {
+            'level': 'ERROR',
+            'filters': ['require_debug_false'],
+            'class': 'django.utils.log.AdminEmailHandler'
+        },
+        'console': {
+            'level': 'DEBUG',
+            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
+            'formatter': 'default',
+        },
+    },
+    'loggers': {
+        'django.request': {
+            'handlers': ['mail_admins'],
+            'level': 'ERROR',
+            'propagate': True,
+        },
+        # Avoid email notification on DisallowedHost error.
+        'django.security.DisallowedHost': {
+            'handlers': ['console'],
+            'propagate': False,
+        },
+    },
+    'root': {
+        'handlers': ['console'],
+        'level': 'INFO',
+    },
+}
+
+INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    'django.contrib.auth',
+    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
+    'django.contrib.sessions',
+    'django.contrib.sites',
+    'django.contrib.admin',
+    'django.contrib.messages',
+    'django.contrib.humanize',
+    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+    'conservancy.blog',
+    'conservancy.contacts',
+    'conservancy.contractpatch',
+    'conservancy.events',
+    'conservancy.news',
+    'conservancy.staff',
+    # 'conservancy.summit_registration',
+    'conservancy.worldmap',
+    'conservancy.supporters',
+    'conservancy.fundgoal',
+    'conservancy.assignment',
+    'conservancy.fossy',
+    'conservancy.podjango',
+    'conservancy.usethesource.apps.UseTheSourceConfig',
+]
+
+DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.AutoField'
+
+BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
+        'DIRS': [
+            BASE_DIR / 'templates',
+            BASE_DIR / 'static',
+        ],
+        'APP_DIRS': True,
+        'OPTIONS': {
+            'context_processors': [
+                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
+                'django.template.context_processors.request',
+                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
+                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+                'conservancy.local_context_processors.host_url',
+                'conservancy.local_context_processors.sitefundraiser',
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+]
+
+# Internationalization
+TIME_ZONE = 'America/New_York'
+LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
+
+STATIC_URL = '/static/'
+STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR.parent / 'collected_static'
+STATICFILES_DIRS = [
+    BASE_DIR / 'static',
+]
+
+MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
+
+MIDDLEWARE = [
+    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
+    'conservancy.middleware.ForceCanonicalHostnameMiddleware',
+]
+
+USETHESOURCE = {
+    'SENDER': 'compliance@sfconservancy.org',
+    'LIST_RECIPIENT': 'ccs-review@lists.sfconservancy.org',
+}