text: """
  Django settings for my_proj project.
  
  For more information on this file, see
  https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/settings/
  
  For the full list of settings and their values, see
  https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/
  """
  from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse_lazy
  from os.path import dirname, join, exists
  
  # Build paths inside the project like this: join(BASE_DIR, "directory")
  BASE_DIR = dirname(dirname(dirname(__file__)))
  STATICFILES_DIRS = [join(BASE_DIR, 'static')]
  MEDIA_ROOT = join(BASE_DIR, 'media')
  MEDIA_URL = "/media/"
  
  # Use Django templates using the new Django 1.8 TEMPLATES settings
  TEMPLATES = [
      {
          'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
          'DIRS': [
              join(BASE_DIR, 'templates'),
              # insert more TEMPLATE_DIRS here
          ],
          'APP_DIRS': True,
          'OPTIONS': {
              'context_processors': [
                  # Insert your TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS here or use this
                  # list if you haven't customized them:
                  'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                  'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                  'django.template.context_processors.i18n',
                  'django.template.context_processors.media',
                  'django.template.context_processors.static',
                  'django.template.context_processors.tz',
                  'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
              ],
          },
      },
  ]
  
  # Use 12factor inspired environment variables or from a file
  import environ
  env = environ.Env()
  
  # Ideally move env file should be outside the git repo
  # i.e. BASE_DIR.parent.parent
  env_file = join(dirname(__file__), 'local.env')
  if exists(env_file):
      environ.Env.read_env(str(env_file))
  
  # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
  # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/deployment/checklist/
  
  # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
  # Raises ImproperlyConfigured exception if SECRET_KEY not in os.environ
  SECRET_KEY = env('SECRET_KEY')
  
  ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
  
  # Application definition
  
  INSTALLED_APPS = (
      'django.contrib.auth',
      'django_admin_bootstrapped',
      'django.contrib.admin',
      'django.contrib.contenttypes',
      'django.contrib.sessions',
      'django.contrib.messages',
      'django.contrib.staticfiles',
  
      'authtools',
      'crispy_forms',
      'easy_thumbnails',
  
      'profiles',
      'accounts',
  
  )
  
  MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
      'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
  )
  
  ROOT_URLCONF = 'my_proj.urls'
  
  WSGI_APPLICATION = 'my_proj.wsgi.application'
  
  # Database
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#databases
  
  DATABASES = {
      # Raises ImproperlyConfigured exception if DATABASE_URL not in
      # os.environ
      'default': env.db(),
  }
  
  # Internationalization
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/i18n/
  
  LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
  
  TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
  
  USE_I18N = True
  
  USE_L10N = True
  
  USE_TZ = True
  
  # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/static-files/
  
  STATIC_URL = '/static/'
  
  ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
  
  # Crispy Form Theme - Bootstrap 3
  CRISPY_TEMPLATE_PACK = 'bootstrap3'
  
  # For Bootstrap 3, change error alert to 'danger'
  from django.contrib import messages
  MESSAGE_TAGS = {
      messages.ERROR: 'danger'
  }
  
  # Authentication Settings
  AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'authtools.User'
  LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = reverse_lazy("profiles:show_self")
  LOGIN_URL = reverse_lazy("accounts:login")
  
  THUMBNAIL_EXTENSION = 'png'     # Or any extn for your thumbnails
  