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diff --git a/docs/tutorial01.txt b/docs/tutorial01.txt index 5ed5e25bbe..5feb51a27d 100644 --- a/docs/tutorial01.txt +++ b/docs/tutorial01.txt @@ -32,6 +32,18 @@ its setup.py utility. If it's not on your path, you can find it in ``site-packages/django/bin``; consider symlinking to it from some place on your path, such as /usr/local/bin.) +.. admonition:: Where should this code live? + + If your background is in PHP, you're probably used to putting code under the + Web server's document root (in a place such as ``/var/www``). With Django, + you don't do that. It's not a good idea to put any of this Python code within + your Web server's document root, because it risks the possibility that + people may be able to view your code over the Web. That's not good for + security. + + Put your code in some directory **outside** of the document root, such as + ``/home/mycode``. + A project is a collection of settings for an instance of Django -- including database configuration, Django-specific options and application-specific settings. Let's look at what ``startproject`` created:: |