Example directory layout for the virtual host example.com {{{ /example.com conf/ httpd.conf django_project_name/ htdocs/ local_apps/ logs/ uploads/ templates/ }}} conf/:: Configuration files live in this directory, in addition to the django_project that contains the manage.py, settings.py, and urls.py files. htdocs/:: This will be the root of your MEDIA_URL likely this would be the document root of most sites. local_apps/:: Custom apps written for this project aka Quick Junk apps that haven't been made multi-site aware. logs/:: Either the site logs or a link to the directory that contains the site logs. uploads/:: Files uploaded by applications. templates/:: This area is used to override templates from your reusable apps.