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.. _`Django installed`: ../install/
+.. admonition:: Where to get help:
+
+ If you're having trouble going through this tutorial, please post a message
+ to `django-users`_ or drop by `#django`_ on ``irc.freenode.net`` and we'll
+ try to help.
+
+.. _django-users: http://groups.google.com/group/django-users
+.. _#django: irc://irc.freenode.net/django
+
Creating a project
==================
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code, then run the command ``django-admin.py startproject mysite``. This
will create a ``mysite`` directory in your current directory.
+.. note::
+
+ You'll need to avoid naming projects after built-in Python or Django
+ components. In particular, this means you should avoid using names like
+ ``django`` (which will conflict with Django itself) or ``site`` (which
+ conflicts with a built-in Python package).
+
(``django-admin.py`` should be on your system path if you installed Django via
``python setup.py``. If it's not on your path, you can find it in
``site-packages/django/bin``, where ``site-packages`` is a directory within