[1.9.x] Made formatting of docs for settings defaults more consistent.

OPTIONS

~~~~~~~

Default: None

Default: ``None``

Extra parameters to pass to the cache backend. Available parameters

vary depending on your cache backend.

TIMEOUT

~~~~~~~

Default: 300

Default: ``300``

The number of seconds before a cache entry is considered stale. If the value of

this settings is ``None``, cache entries will not expire.

TEST

~~~~

Default: ``{}``

Default: ``{}`` (Empty dictionary)

A dictionary of settings for test databases; for more details about the

creation and use of test databases, see :ref:`the-test-database`.

DEFAULT_EXCEPTION_REPORTER_FILTER

---------------------------------

Default: :class:`django.views.debug.SafeExceptionReporterFilter`

Default: ``'``:class:`django.views.debug.SafeExceptionReporterFilter`\ ``'``

Default exception reporter filter class to be used if none has been assigned to

the :class:`~django.http.HttpRequest` instance yet.

DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE

--------------------

Default: :class:`django.core.files.storage.FileSystemStorage`

Default: ``'``:class:`django.core.files.storage.FileSystemStorage`\ ``'``

Default file storage class to be used for any file-related operations that don't

specify a particular storage system. See :doc:`/topics/files`.

EMAIL_BACKEND

-------------

Default: ``'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'``

Default: ``'``:class:`django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend`\ ``'``

The backend to use for sending emails. For the list of available backends see

:doc:`/topics/email`.

LANGUAGE_COOKIE_PATH

--------------------

Default: ``/``

Default: ``'/'``

The path set on the language cookie. This should either match the URL path of your

Django installation or be a parent of that path.

MIGRATION_MODULES

-----------------

Default::

    {}  # empty dictionary

Default: ``{}`` (Empty dictionary)

A dictionary specifying the package where migration modules can be found on a

per-app basis. The default value of this setting is an empty dictionary, but

.. versionadded:: 1.8

Default: ``False``.

Default: ``False``

If ``True``, the :class:`~django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware`

:ref:`redirects <ssl-redirect>` all non-HTTPS requests to HTTPS (except for

SERIALIZATION_MODULES

---------------------

Default: Not defined.

Default: Not defined

A dictionary of modules containing serializer definitions (provided as

strings), keyed by a string identifier for that serialization type. For

SHORT_DATE_FORMAT

-----------------

Default: ``m/d/Y`` (e.g. ``12/31/2003``)

Default: ``'m/d/Y'`` (e.g. ``12/31/2003``)

An available formatting that can be used for displaying date fields on

templates. Note that if :setting:`USE_L10N` is set to ``True``, then the

SHORT_DATETIME_FORMAT

---------------------

Default: ``m/d/Y P`` (e.g. ``12/31/2003 4 p.m.``)

Default: ``'m/d/Y P'`` (e.g. ``12/31/2003 4 p.m.``)

An available formatting that can be used for displaying datetime fields on

templates. Note that if :setting:`USE_L10N` is set to ``True``, then the

BACKEND

~~~~~~~

Default: not defined

Default: Not defined

The template backend to use. The built-in template backends are:

THOUSAND_SEPARATOR

------------------

Default: ``,`` (Comma)

Default: ``','`` (Comma)

Default thousand separator used when formatting numbers. This setting is

used only when :setting:`USE_THOUSAND_SEPARATOR` is ``True`` and

AUTH_USER_MODEL

---------------

Default: 'auth.User'

Default: ``'auth.User'``

The model to use to represent a User. See :ref:`auth-custom-user`.

SESSION_CACHE_ALIAS

-------------------

Default: ``default``

Default: ``'default'``

If you're using :ref:`cache-based session storage <cached-sessions-backend>`,

this selects the cache to use.

SESSION_ENGINE

--------------

Default: ``django.contrib.sessions.backends.db``

Default: ``'django.contrib.sessions.backends.db'``

Controls where Django stores session data. Included engines are: