Getting ready

If you haven't done it yet, create a ~/projects directory, where you will keep all your Django projects (you can read about this in the Working with a virtual environment recipe).

Then, create a directory for your specific project—for example, myproject_website. Start the virtual environment in an env directory there. Activate it and install Django there, as described in the previous recipe. We would suggest adding a commands directory for local shell scripts that are related to the project, a db_backups directory for database dumps, a mockups directory for website design files, and, most importantly, an src directory for your Django project.