title: django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: The SECRET_KEY setting must not be empty
body: <p>I created a new project in django and pasted some files from another project. Whenever I try to run the server, I get the following error message:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "manage.py", line 10, in &lt;module&gt;
          execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
        File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 385, in execute_from_command_line
          utility.execute()
        .
        .
        .
              File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 115, in __init__
          raise ImproperlyConfigured("The SECRET_KEY setting must not be empty.")
      django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: The SECRET_KEY setting must not be empty.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here's my settings.py</p>
  
  <pre><code>""" Django settings for dbe project.  """
  
  # Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
  import os
  from os.path import join as pjoin
  BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
  
  
  # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
  # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/howto/deployment/checklist/
  
  
  # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
  DEBUG = True
  TEMPLATE_DEBUG = True
  ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
  
  INSTALLED_APPS = (
      'django.contrib.admin',
      'django.contrib.auth',
      'django.contrib.contenttypes',
      'django.contrib.sessions',
      'django.contrib.messages',
      'django.contrib.staticfiles',
      'shared',
      'issues',
      'blog',
      'bombquiz',
      'forum',
      'portfolio',
      'questionnaire',
  )
  
  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',
  )
  
  TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
       os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "templates"),
       os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "templates", "issues"),
       os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "templates", "blog"),
       os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "templates", "bombquiz"),
       os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "templates", "forum"),
       os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "templates", "portfolio"),
       os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "templates", "questionnaire"),
       )
  
  ROOT_URLCONF = 'dbe.urls'
  
  WSGI_APPLICATION = 'dbe.wsgi.application'
  
  
  # Database
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/ref/settings/#databases
  
  DATABASES = {
      'default': {
          'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
          'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
      }
  }
  
  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/1.7/howto/static-files/
  
  MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
  MEDIA_ROOT = pjoin(BASE_DIR, "media")
  STATIC_URL = '/static/'
  STATICFILES_DIRS = (
                      pjoin(BASE_DIR, "static"),
                      )
  
  try:
      from local_settings import *
  except:
      pass
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here's manage.py as well</p>
  
  <pre><code>#!/usr/bin/env python
  import os
  import sys
  
  if __name__ == "__main__":
      os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "dbe.settings")
  
      from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
  
      execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any help? Thanks!</p>