title: Django 1.11 and Django CMS 3.4.4 MIDDLEWARE vs MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES
body: <p>I was doing a Django CMS setup, and had to change the MIDDLEWARE to MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES to get it working. </p>
  
  <p>Does anyone know why MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES is required in the settings.py file and not just MIDDLEWARE? </p>
  
  <p>This is not a older settings file, was generated with Django 1.11</p>
  
  <pre><code>"""
  Django settings for project project.
  
  Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 1.11.3.
  
  For more information on this file, see
  https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/topics/settings/
  
  For the full list of settings and their values, see
  https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/settings/
  """
  
  import os
  
  SITE_ID = 1
  
  # Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
  BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
  
  
  # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
  # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/howto/deployment/checklist/
  
  # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
  SECRET_KEY = 'fbyo_48g6q+w&amp;2ewq4lazogva*tpt=4fof7xt!_uvcied&amp;m6k$'
  
  # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
  DEBUG = True
  
  ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
  
  
  # Application definition
  
  INSTALLED_APPS = [
      'django.contrib.admin',
      'django.contrib.auth',
      'django.contrib.contenttypes',
      'django.contrib.sessions',
      'django.contrib.messages',
      'django.contrib.staticfiles',
      'django.contrib.sites',
      'cms',  
      'treebeard',  
      'menus',
      'sekizai',
      'djangocms_admin_style',  
      'filer',
      'easy_thumbnails',
      'mptt',
      'djangocms_text_ckeditor',
      'djangocms_link',
      'djangocms_file',
      'djangocms_picture',
      'djangocms_video',
      'djangocms_googlemap',
      'djangocms_snippet',
      'djangocms_style',
      'djangocms_column',
  ]
  
  MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = [
      'cms.middleware.utils.ApphookReloadMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
      'cms.middleware.user.CurrentUserMiddleware',
      'cms.middleware.page.CurrentPageMiddleware',
      'cms.middleware.toolbar.ToolbarMiddleware',
      'cms.middleware.language.LanguageCookieMiddleware',
  ]
  
  THUMBNAIL_HIGH_RESOLUTION = True
  
  THUMBNAIL_PROCESSORS = (
      'easy_thumbnails.processors.colorspace',
      'easy_thumbnails.processors.autocrop',
      'filer.thumbnail_processors.scale_and_crop_with_subject_location',
      'easy_thumbnails.processors.filters'
  )
  
  CMS_TEMPLATES = (
      ('template_1.html', 'Template One'),
      ('template_2.html', 'Template Two'),
  )
  
  
  ROOT_URLCONF = 'project.urls'
  
  TEMPLATES = [
      {
          'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
          'DIRS': ['templates'],
          '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',
                  'sekizai.context_processors.sekizai',
                  'cms.context_processors.cms_settings',
              ],
          },
      },
  ]
  
  WSGI_APPLICATION = 'project.wsgi.application'
  
  
  # Database
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/settings/#databases
  
  DATABASES = {
      'default': {
          'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
          'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
      }
  }
  
  
  # Password validation
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
  
  AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
      {
          'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
      },
      {
          'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
      },
      {
          'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
      },
      {
          'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
      },
  ]
  
  LANGUAGES = [
      ('en-us', 'English'),
  ]
  
  # Internationalization
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/topics/i18n/
  
  LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
  
  TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
  
  USE_I18N = True
  
  USE_L10N = True
  
  USE_TZ = True
  
  
  # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/howto/static-files/
  
  STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static")
  STATIC_URL = "/static/"
  
  MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "media")
  MEDIA_URL = "/media/"
  </code></pre>