How to set site domain without Django sites framework in place?

Question

I'm moving my site from Django 1.5.x to Django 1.6.0, and I noted this in the release notes:

[..] The admin is now enabled by default in new projects; the sites framework no longer is. [..]

How to set the default domain (instead of www.example.com) without the Django sites framework?

Are any sites related settings now made redundant redundant by this change?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 13 '13 at 14:39

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Two options:

Define the domain name as a constant in your settings and use it where needed in your code. If you have only one site this is a reasonable decision as you no longer need the whole sites framework.
Enable the sites framework again and define one Site object with www.example.com as domain. You'll also need to specify the site's id as SITE_ID in your Django settings.

answered Nov 13 '13 at 14:39

Simeon Visser

Nice answer.. I would go with option 2, as `Sites` could be handy in multiple ways. – karthikr Nov 13 '13 at 14:59
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Oh ok, I assumed that Django would provide some setting itself... but doesn't make much difference to define it myself in the settings. @karthikr I will go for option 2 since it's an already running website with the `sites` framework in place. – Joseph Victor Zammit Nov 13 '13 at 15:03

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