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README.md

@@ -7,16 +7,14 @@ Development
 ### Prerequisites ###
 * Python (2.7)
 * pip
-  * `easy_install pip`
-* virtualenv
-  * `pip install virtualenv`
+* virtualenv (virtualenvwrapper is recommended)
 
 ### Setup ###
 
 Set up a python virtual environment however you want. Here's a simple way to do that:
 
     mkdir lexTerm && cd lexTerm
-    virtualenv --no-site-packages server 
+    virtualenv --no-site-packages server
     cd server
     source bin/activate
 
@@ -29,7 +27,13 @@ Install all python dependencies in the virtual environment
 
     pip install -r requirements.txt
 
-Initialize the sqlite database
+Copy settings template
+
+    cp lexTerm/local_settings.py.tmpl lexTerm/local_settings.py
+
+Edit local_settings.py to configure your database and other settings
+
+Initialize the database
 
     ./manage.py syncdb --all
     ./manage.py migrate --fake
@@ -42,7 +46,7 @@ API Documentation
 -----------------
 
 On a running server, navigate to /api to browse the API.
-Further documentation will be forthcoming. 
+Further documentation will be forthcoming.
 
 Production
 ----------

lexTerm/local_settings.py.tmpl

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
+        'NAME': 'lexterm',
+        'USER': 'username',
+        'PASSWORD': '',
+        'HOST': 'localhost',
+        'PORT': '5432',
+        'ATOMIC_REQUESTS': True,
+    }
+}
+DEBUG_APPS = ('django_extensions',)
+
+ES_HOST = 'search.lexterm.elucitrans.com'
+ES_PORT = 80
+
+
+
+