diff --git a/www/conservancy/settings.py b/www/conservancy/settings.py
index 93167960..57dd68fd 100644
--- a/www/conservancy/settings.py
+++ b/www/conservancy/settings.py
@@ -100,3 +100,39 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 ]
 
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.AutoField'
+
+_conservancy_root_dir = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / 'conservancy'
+TEMPLATES = [
+   {
+      'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
+      'DIRS': [
+         _conservancy_root_dir / 'templates',
+         _conservancy_root_dir / 'static',
+      ],
+      'APP_DIRS': True,
+      'OPTIONS': {
+         'context_processors': [
+            'django.template.context_processors.debug',
+            'django.template.context_processors.request',
+            'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
+            'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+            'conservancy.local_context_processors.host_url',
+            'conservancy.local_context_processors.sitefundraiser',
+         ]
+      }
+   }
+]
+
+AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
+#    'conservancy.auth.LDAPBackend',
+'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
+)
+
+MIDDLEWARE = [
+   'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+   'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+   'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+   'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
+   'conservancy.middleware.ForceCanonicalHostnameMiddleware',
+   #    'django.middleware.doc.XViewMiddleware',
+]