diff --git a/lms/envs/dev_edx4edx.py b/lms/envs/dev_edx4edx.py
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+"""
+This config file runs the simplest dev environment using sqlite, and db-based
+sessions. Assumes structure:
+
+/envroot/
+        /db   # This is where it'll write the database file
+        /mitx # The location of this repo
+        /log  # Where we're going to write log files
+"""
+
+import socket
+
+if 'eecs1' in socket.gethostname():
+    MITX_ROOT_URL = '/mitx2'
+
+from .common import *
+from .logsettings import get_logger_config
+from .dev import *
+
+if 'eecs1' in socket.gethostname():
+    MITX_ROOT_URL = '/mitx2'
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# edx4edx content server
+
+EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
+#EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django_ses.SESBackend'
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# ichuang
+
+DEBUG = True
+ENABLE_MULTICOURSE = True     # set to False to disable multicourse display (see lib.util.views.mitxhome)
+QUICKEDIT = True
+
+#MITX_FEATURES['USE_DJANGO_PIPELINE'] = False
+MITX_FEATURES['DISPLAY_HISTOGRAMS_TO_STAFF'] = False
+MITX_FEATURES['DISPLAY_EDIT_LINK'] = True
+
+COURSE_DEFAULT = "edx4edx"
+COURSE_NAME = "edx4edx"
+COURSE_NUMBER = "edX.01"
+COURSE_TITLE = "edx4edx: edX Author Course"
+SITE_NAME = "ichuang.mitx.mit.edu"
+
+COURSE_SETTINGS =  {'edx4edx': {'number' : 'edX.01',
+                                    'title'  : 'edx4edx: edX Author Course',
+                                    'xmlpath': '/edx4edx/',
+                                    'github_url': 'https://github.com/MITx/edx4edx',
+                                    'active' : True,
+                                    },
+                    }
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES + (
+    'ssl_auth.ssl_auth.NginxProxyHeaderMiddleware',		# ssl authentication behind nginx proxy
+    )
+
+AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
+    'ssl_auth.ssl_auth.SSLLoginBackend',
+    'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
+    )
+
+INSTALLED_APPS = INSTALLED_APPS + (
+    'ssl_auth',
+    )
+
+LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = MITX_ROOT_URL + '/'
+LOGIN_URL = MITX_ROOT_URL + '/'
diff --git a/lms/static/7.03x b/lms/static/7.03x
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+../../../data/7.03x/html
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diff --git a/lms/static/8.02 b/lms/static/8.02
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+../../../data/8.02x/html
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diff --git a/lms/static/MIT801 b/lms/static/MIT801
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+../../../data/8.01x/MIT801
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diff --git a/lms/static/edx4edx b/lms/static/edx4edx
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+../../../data/edx4edx/html
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