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