diff --git a/game/gamesrc/commands/__init__.py b/game/gamesrc/commands/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/game/gamesrc/parents/__init__.py b/game/gamesrc/parents/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/game/manage.py b/game/manage.py
index 411452cc27..88f9789139 100755
--- a/game/manage.py
+++ b/game/manage.py
@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ from django.core.management import execute_manager
 # Tack on the root evennia directory to the python path.
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 
+"""
+If settings.py doesn't already exist, create it and populate it with some
+basic stuff.
+"""
+if not os.path.exists('settings.py'):
+    print "Can't find a settings.py file, creating one for you."
+    f = open('settings.py', 'w')
+    f.write('"""\rMaster server configuration file. You may override any of the values in the\rsrc/config_defaults.py here. Copy-paste the variables here, and make changes to\rthis file rather than editing config_defaults.py directly.\r"""\r')
+    f.write('from src.config_defaults import *')
+
 try:
     from game import settings
 except ImportError:
diff --git a/game/settings.py b/game/settings.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 9553af0187..0000000000
--- a/game/settings.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-from src.config_defaults import *
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/config_defaults.py b/src/config_defaults.py
index 125f7db627..1229d2a5a3 100644
--- a/src/config_defaults.py
+++ b/src/config_defaults.py
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ GAME_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_PATH, 'game')
 
 # Absolute path to the directory that holds media (no trailing slash).
 # Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com"
-MEDIA_ROOT = '%s/media' % (BASE_PATH)
+MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(GAME_DIR, 'web', 'media')
 
 # Absolute path to the directory that has the script tree in it. (no trailing slash)
 # Example: "/home/evennia/src/scripts"
-SCRIPT_ROOT = '%s/src/scripts' % (BASE_PATH)
+SCRIPT_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_PATH, 'src', 'scripts')
 
 # 'postgresql', 'mysql', 'mysql_old', 'sqlite3' or 'ado_mssql'.
 DATABASE_ENGINE = 'sqlite3'
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
     # Put strings here, like "/home/html/django_templates" or "C:/www/django/templates".
     # Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
     # Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
-    "%s/webtemplates/%s" % (BASE_PATH, ACTIVE_TEMPLATE),
+    os.path.join(GAME_DIR, "web", "html", ACTIVE_TEMPLATE),
 )
 
 # List of callables that know how to import templates from various sources.
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'src.objects',
     'src.helpsys',
     'src.genperms',
-    #'webapps.news',
-    #'webapps.website',
+    'game.web.apps.news',
+    'game.web.apps.website',
 )
 
 # If django_extensions is present, import it and install it. Otherwise fail