create database arbk; mysql> grant all PRIVILEGES on arbk.* to 'arbk_user'@'localhost' identified by 'arbkpassword'; see also settings.py run this to create the database python ./manage.py syncdb run this to run the server python ./manage.py runserver #Changing the admin theme # # # Here's the turorial http://django-admin-tools.readthedocs.org/en/latest/quickstart.html#quickstart wget https://bitbucket.org/izi/django-admin-tools/downloads/django-admin-tools-0.4.1.tar.gz decompress it python django-admin-tools.py instasll add this to settings.py TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = ( # default template context processors 'django.core.context_processors.auth', 'django.core.context_processors.debug', 'django.core.context_processors.i18n', 'django.core.context_processors.media', # django 1.2 only 'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages', # required by django-admin-tools 'django.core.context_processors.request', ) INSTALLED_APPS = ( 'admin_tools', 'admin_tools.theming', 'admin_tools.menu', 'admin_tools.dashboard', 'django.contrib.auth', 'django.contrib.sites', 'django.contrib.admin' # ...other installed applications... ) python manage.py syncdb # Adding django-admin-tools to your urls.py Adding django-admin-tools to your urls.py file