attempting to resolve setting configuration errors

bookshelf_management/bookshelf_management/asgi.py

@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ import os
 
 from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
 
-os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'bookshelf_management.settings')
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE','bookshelf_management.settings.settings_base')
 
 application = get_asgi_application()

bookshelf_management/bookshelf_management/settings/settings_base.py

@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
-BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+#BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 
 # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
 # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/howto/deployment/checklist/
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
 
-#BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
 
 # use environment variable to set DJANGO_SECRET_KEY
 #SECRET_KEY = os.environ['DJANGO_SECRET_KEY']
@@ -33,10 +33,11 @@ BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 SECRET_KEY = 'zgwvzeb!oca99v&c(=lljl)y_&^33dwoqs@%)arujer_#x(#gn'
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
-DEBUG = False
+DEBUG = True
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = [
-    'localhost'
+    'localhost',
+    '127.0.0.1'
 ]
 
 # Application definition

bookshelf_management/bookshelf_management/settings/settings_new.py

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from settings_base import *
+
+DEBUG = False

bookshelf_management/bookshelf_management/wsgi.py

@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ import os
 
 from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
 
-os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'bookshelf_management.settings')
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE','bookshelf_management.settings.settings_base')
 
 application = get_wsgi_application()

bookshelf_management/manage.py

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 import os
 import sys
-import bookshelf_management.settings.py
 
 def main():
+    os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE','bookshelf_management.settings.settings_base')
     from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
     execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
 
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
 
 
-
+#sys.path.append("/mnt/c/Users/damon/Desktop/bookshelf-management/bookshelf_management/bookshelf_management/settings")
+#export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=bookshelf_management.settings
     ''' 
     try:
         from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line

my_env/bin/activate

@@ -75,3 +75,6 @@ if [ -n "${BASH:-}" -o -n "${ZSH_VERSION:-}" ] ; then
     hash -r
 fi
  
+
+#DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE="/mnt/c/Users/damon/Desktop/bookshelf-management/bookshelf_management/bookshelf_management/settings/settings_base.py"
+#export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE

my_env/bin/django-admin

@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 #!/mnt/c/users/damon/desktop/bookshelf-management/my_env/bin/python3
-# EASY-INSTALL-ENTRY-SCRIPT: 'Django','console_scripts','django-admin'
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-__requires__ = 'Django'
 import re
 import sys
-from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
+from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    sys.argv[0] = re.sub(r'(-script\.pyw?|\.exe)?$', '', sys.argv[0])
+    sys.argv[0] = re.sub(r'(-script\.pyw|\.exe)?$', '', sys.argv[0])
-    sys.exit(
+    sys.exit(execute_from_command_line())
-        load_entry_point('Django', 'console_scripts', 'django-admin')()
-    )

my_env/bin/django-admin.py

@@ -1,7 +1,21 @@
 #!/mnt/c/users/damon/desktop/bookshelf-management/my_env/bin/python3
-# EASY-INSTALL-DEV-SCRIPT: 'Django==3.2','django-admin.py'
+# When the django-admin.py deprecation ends, remove this script.
-__requires__ = 'Django==3.2'
+import warnings
-__import__('pkg_resources').require('Django==3.2')
+
-__file__ = '/mnt/c/users/damon/desktop/bookshelf-management/django/django/bin/django-admin.py'
+from django.core import management
-with open(__file__) as f:
+
-    exec(compile(f.read(), __file__, 'exec'))
+try:
+    from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango40Warning
+except ImportError:
+    raise ImportError(
+        'django-admin.py was deprecated in Django 3.1 and removed in Django '
+        '4.0. Please manually remove this script from your virtual environment '
+        'and use django-admin instead.'
+    )
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    warnings.warn(
+        'django-admin.py is deprecated in favor of django-admin.',
+        RemovedInDjango40Warning,
+    )
+    management.execute_from_command_line()