using directory instead of folder consistently; also fixing a few remaining mysite base directory references

Daniel Edgy Edgecombe · Daniel Edgy Edgecombe · commit a3ef25617748 · 2014-07-27T03:03:17.000+02:00
diff --git a/css/README.md b/css/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ CSS is a static file, so in order to customize CSS, we need to first configure s
 
 ### Configure static files in Django
 
-First, we need to create a folder to store our static files in. Go ahead and create a folder called `static` inside your `djangogirls` folder.
+First, we need to create a directory to store our static files in. Go ahead and create a directory called `static` inside your `djangogirls` directory.
 
     static
     manage.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ This way Django will know where to find your static files.
 
 ## Your first CSS file!
 
-Let's create a CSS file now, to add your own style to your web-page. Create a new folder called `css` inside your `static` folder. Then create a new file called `blog.css` inside this `css` directory. Ready?
+Let's create a CSS file now, to add your own style to your web-page. Create a new directory called `css` inside your `static` directory. Then create a new file called `blog.css` inside this `css` directory. Ready?
 
     static
     └───css
diff --git a/django_forms/README.md b/django_forms/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This is exactly what we want to do: we will create a form for our `Post` model.
 
 Like every important part of Django, forms have their own file: `forms.py`.
 
-We need to create a file with this name in the `blog` folder.
+We need to create a file with this name in the `blog` directory.
 
     blog
        └── forms.py
diff --git a/django_installation/README.md b/django_installation/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Before we install Django, we'll get you to install an extremely useful tool that
 
 So, let's create a **virtual environment** (also called a *virtualenv*). It will isolate your Python/Django setup on a per-project basis, meaning that any changes you make to one website won't affect any others you're also developing. Neat, right?
 
-All you need to do is find a folder in which you want to create the `virtualenv`; your home directory, for example. On Windows it might look like `C:\Users\Name\` (where `Name` is the name of your login).
+All you need to do is find a directory in which you want to create the `virtualenv`; your home directory, for example. On Windows it might look like `C:\Users\Name\` (where `Name` is the name of your login).
 
 For this tutorial we will be using a new directory `djangogirls` from your home directory:
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ To create a new `virtualenv`, you need to open the console (we told you about th
 
     C:\Users\Name\djangogirls> C:\Python34\python -m venv myvenv
 
-where `C:\Python34\python` is the folder in which you previously installed Python and `myvenv` is the name of your `virtualenv`. You can use any other name, but stick to lowercase and use no spaces. It is also good idea to keep the name short - you'll be referencing it a lot!
+where `C:\Python34\python` is the drectory in which you previously installed Python and `myvenv` is the name of your `virtualenv`. You can use any other name, but stick to lowercase and use no spaces. It is also good idea to keep the name short - you'll be referencing it a lot!
 
 ### Linux and OS X
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Creating a `virtualenv` on both Linux and OS X is as simple as running:
 
 ## Working with virtualenv
 
-The command above will create a folder called `myvenv` that contains our virtual environment (basically bunch of folders and files). All we want to do now is starting it by running:
+The command above will create a directory called `myvenv` that contains our virtual environment (basically bunch of directory and files). All we want to do now is starting it by running:
 
     C:\Users\Name\djangogirls> myvenv\Scripts\activate
 
diff --git a/django_models/README.md b/django_models/README.md
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ A model in Django is a special kind of object - it is saved in the `database` (d
 
 ### Creating an application
 
-To keep everything tidy, we will create a separate application inside our project. It is very nice to have everything organized from the very beginning. To create an application we need to run in the console (from `djangogirls` folder where `manage.py` file is) `python manage.py startapp blog`.
+To keep everything tidy, we will create a separate application inside our project. It is very nice to have everything organized from the very beginning. To create an application we need to run in the console (from `djangogirls` directory where `manage.py` file is) `python manage.py startapp blog`.
 
     (myvenv) ~/djangogirls$ python manage.py startapp blog
 
-You will notice that a new `blog` folder is created and it contains a number of files now. Our folders and files in our project should look like this:
+You will notice that a new `blog` directory is created and it contains a number of files now. Our directories and files in our project should look like this:
 
     mysite
     ├── __init__.py
diff --git a/django_orm/README.md b/django_orm/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Remember when we talked about including code written in different files? Now is
     from django.shortcuts import render
     from .models import Post
 
-Dot after `from` means *current folder* or *current application*. Since `views.py` and `models.py` are in the same directory we can simply use `.` and the name of the file (without `.py`). Then we import the name of the model (`Post`).
+Dot after `from` means *current directory* or *current application*. Since `views.py` and `models.py` are in the same directory we can simply use `.` and the name of the file (without `.py`). Then we import the name of the model (`Post`).
 
 But what's next? To take actual blog posts from `Post` model we need something called a `Queryset`.
 
diff --git a/django_start_project/README.md b/django_start_project/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ or on Windows:
 
     (myvenv) ~/djangogirls$ python myvenv\Scripts\django-admin.py startproject mysite .
 
-`django-admin.py` is a script that will create the folders and files for you. You should now have a folder structure which looks like this:
+`django-admin.py` is a script that will create the directories and files for you. You should now have a directory structure which looks like this:
 
     manage.py
     │
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ This is already set up in this part of your `mysite/settings.py` file:
         }
     }
 
-To create a database for our blog, let's run the following in the console: `python manage.py syncdb` (we need to be in a parent `mysite` directory that contains `manage.py` file). If that goes well, you should see something like this:
+To create a database for our blog, let's run the following in the console: `python manage.py syncdb` (we need to be the `djangogirls` directory that contains the `manage.py` file). If that goes well, you should see something like this:
 
     (myvenv) ~/djangogirls$ python manage.py syncdb
     Creating tables ...
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ It will ask you if you want to create a *superuser* - a user which has control o
 
 And we're done! Time to start the web server and see if our website is working!
 
-You need to be in the folder that contains the `manage.py` file (the `mysite` folder). In the console, we can start the web server by running `python manage.py runserver`:
+You need to be in the directory that contains the `manage.py` file (the `djangogirls` directory). In the console, we can start the web server by running `python manage.py runserver`:
 
     (myvenv) ~/djangogirls$ python manage.py runserver
 
diff --git a/extend_your_application/README.md b/extend_your_application/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ We want to have a link to a post detail page on the post's title. Let's change `
 
 Time to explain the mysterious `{% url 'blog.views.post_detail' pk=post.pk %}`. As you suspect `{% %}` notation means that we are using Django template tags. This time we will use one that will create a URL for us!
 
-`blog.views.post_detail` is a path to a `post_detail` *view* we want to create. Please note: `blog` is the name of our application (in folder `blog`), `views` is from the name of the `views.py` file and the last bit: `post_detail` is the name of the *view*.
+`blog.views.post_detail` is a path to a `post_detail` *view* we want to create. Please note: `blog` is the name of our application (in the directory `djangogirls`), `views` is from the name of the `views.py` file and the last bit: `post_detail` is the name of the *view*.
 
 Now when we go to:
 
diff --git a/html/README.md b/html/README.md
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@ HTML stands for "HyperText Markup Language." __HyperText__ means it's a type of
 
 Creating a template means creating a template file. Everything is a file, right? You have probably noticed this already.
 
-Templates are saved in `blog/templates/blog` folder. So first create a folder called `templates` inside your blog folder. Then create another folder called `blog` inside your templates folder:
+Templates are saved in `blog/templates/blog` directory. So first create a directory called `templates` inside your blog directory. Then create another directory called `blog` inside your templates directory:
 
     blog
     └───templates
         └───blog
 
-(You might wonder why we need two folders both called `blog` - as you will discover later, this is simply a useful naming convention that makes life easier when things start to get more complicated.)
+(You might wonder why we need two directories both called `blog` - as you will discover later, this is simply a useful naming convention that makes life easier when things start to get more complicated.)
 
-And now create a `post_list.html` file (just leave it blank for now) inside the `blog/templates/blog` folder.
+And now create a `post_list.html` file (just leave it blank for now) inside the `blog/templates/blog` directory.
 
 See how your website looks now: http://127.0.0.1:8000/
 
diff --git a/intro_to_command_line/README.md b/intro_to_command_line/README.md
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ Here is a summary of some useful commands:
 | ------------- |-----------|-------------| -----|
 | exit    | exit | close the window | **exit** |
 | cd      | cd   | change directory      |   **cd test** |
-| dir     | ls   |list folders/files      | **dir** |
+| dir     | ls   |list directories/files      | **dir** |
 | copy    | cp   | copy file | **copy c:\test\test.txt c:\windows\test.txt** |
 | move | mv | move file | **move c:\test\test.txt c:\windows\test.txt** |
-| mkdir | mkdir | create a new folder | **mkdir testfolder** |
-|del | rm | delete a folder/file | **del c:\test\test.txt**
+| mkdir | mkdir | create a new directory | **mkdir testdirectory** |
+|del | rm | delete a directory/file | **del c:\test\test.txt**
 For more about the above commands,  check out the Further Information section below.
 
 These are just a very few of the possible black window commands.
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ These are just a very few of the possible black window commands.
 * Up arrow - rerun previous commands.  You can avoid typing the same commands again by using the up arrow key to rerun recently used commands.
 
 
-* Tab key - the tab key will autocomplete folder and file names. For example, typing **dir t ** + Tab will autocomplete to all directories starting with t in the current directory (such as task, test, tutorial).
+* Tab key - the tab key will autocomplete directory and file names. For example, typing **dir t ** + Tab will autocomplete to all directories starting with t in the current directory (such as task, test, tutorial).
 
 
 ## Further information about the commands above
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ These are just a very few of the possible black window commands.
 For example if you are in a directory called c:\test, and there were three directories in that the test directory called A, B, and C, you could just type **cd A** and press enter. You would then be in the c:\test\A.
 
 
-* The **cd ..**  command - this will take you to the next folder up.
+* The **cd ..**  command - this will take you to the next directory up.
 
 
 * The **dir** (Windows) and **ls** (others) command - this will list the files and directories contained in your current directory. If I typed **dir \test** or **ls test** I would see the contents of the c:\test directory.
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Also note for many commands you can use the \* symbol which stands for wildcard.
 * The **move** (Windows) or **mv** (others) command - this allows you to move files from one location to another. The syntax you use is the same as for the **copy** command.
 
 
-* The **mkdir** command - this allows you to create a new directory.  For example **mkdir temp** creates a new folder called temp in the current directory.
+* The **mkdir** command - this allows you to create a new directory.  For example **mkdir temp** creates a new directory called temp in the current directory.
 
 
 * The **del** (Windows) or **rm** command (others) - this allows you to delete the specified file.  For example, **del test.txt** deletes the test.txt file from the current directory.
diff --git a/optional_postgresql_installation/README.md b/optional_postgresql_installation/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Choose the newest version available for your operating system. Download the inst
 
 The easiest way is to download the free [Postgres.app](http://postgresapp.com/) and install it like any other application on your operating system.
 
-Download it, drag to the Applications folder and run by double clicking. That's it!
+Download it, drag to the Applications directory and run by double clicking. That's it!
 
 You'll also have to add the Postgres command line tools to your `PATH` variable, what is described [here](http://postgresapp.com/documentation/cli-tools.html).
 
diff --git a/python_installation/README.md b/python_installation/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Django is written in Python. We need Python to do anything in Django. Let's star
 
 ### Windows
 
-You can download Python for Windows from the website https://www.python.org/download/releases/3.4.1/. After downloading the ***.msi** file, you should execute it (double-click on it) and follow the instructions there. It is important to remember the path (the folder) where you installed Python. It will be needed later!
+You can download Python for Windows from the website https://www.python.org/download/releases/3.4.1/. After downloading the ***.msi** file, you should execute it (double-click on it) and follow the instructions there. It is important to remember the path (the directory) where you installed Python. It will be needed later!
 
 ### Linux
 
diff --git a/template_extending/README.md b/template_extending/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This way you don't have to repeat yourself in every file, when you want to use t
 
 A base template is the most basic template that you extend on every page of your website.
 
-Create a `templates/mysite/base.html` file. You also need to create `templates` and `mysite` folders, but you probably have noticed this pattern already :)
+Create a `templates/mysite/base.html` file. You also need to create `templates` and `mysite` directories, but you probably have noticed this pattern already :)
 
     mysite
     └───templates
