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@@ -62,15 +62,17 @@ in brackets):
          cd ../../apps
          ln -s ../lib/packages/django-registration ./registration
 
-       You'll need to customise apps/settings.py to suit your database, and
-       change the SECRET_KEY variable too. While you're there, change the
-       following to suit your installation:
+       The settings.py file contains default settings for patchwork, you'll
+       need to configure settings for your own setup.
 
-          SECRET_KEY
+       Rather than edit settings.py, create a file 'local_settings.py', and
+       override or add settings as necessary. You'll need to define the
+       following:
+
+         SECRET_KEY
          ADMINS
          TIME_ZONE
          LANGUAGE_CODE
-         MEDIA_ROOT
 
         You can generate the SECRET_KEY with the following python code:
 
@@ -78,10 +80,21 @@ in brackets):
           chars = string.letters + string.digits + string.punctuation
           print repr("".join([random.choice(chars) for i in range(0,50)]))
 
+       If you have patchwork installed in somewhere other than /srv/patchwork,
+       you'll also need to define:
+
+         MEDIA_ROOT
+         TEMPLATE_DIRS
+
+        If you wish to enable the XML-RPC interface, add the following to
+        your local_settings.py file:
+
+         ENABLE_XMLRPC = True
+
        Then, get patchwork to create its tables in your configured database:
 
         cd apps/
-        ./manage.py syncdb
+        PYTHONPATH=../lib/python ./manage.py syncdb
 
        And add privileges for your mail and web users: