diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ab3e8ce..c5630e0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -162,3 +162,5 @@ cython_debug/
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 #.idea/
 
+settings.py
+public
diff --git a/manage.py b/manage.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f142d4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Django's command-line utility for administrative tasks."""
+import os
+import sys
+
+
+def main():
+    """Run administrative tasks."""
+    os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'phd_site.settings')
+    try:
+        from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
+    except ImportError as exc:
+        raise ImportError(
+            "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
+            "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
+            "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
+        ) from exc
+    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/phd_site/__init__.py b/phd_site/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/phd_site/asgi.py b/phd_site/asgi.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd116e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phd_site/asgi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""
+ASGI config for phd_site project.
+
+It exposes the ASGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/howto/deployment/asgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'phd_site.settings')
+
+application = get_asgi_application()
diff --git a/phd_site/settings.prod.py b/phd_site/settings.prod.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d08d2ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phd_site/settings.prod.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from .settings_base import *
+
+BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+
+SECRET_KEY = "blah"  # FIXME
+DEBUG = True  # FIXME
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+
+
+# Database
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#databases
+DATABASES = {
+    "default": {
+        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
+        "NAME": BASE_DIR / "db.sqlite3",
+    }
+}
+
+PUBLIC_ROOT: Path = Path(__file__).absolute().parent.parent.parent
+STATIC_ROOT = (PUBLIC_ROOT / "static").as_posix()
diff --git a/phd_site/settings_base.py b/phd_site/settings_base.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6b07f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phd_site/settings_base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+"""
+Django settings for phd_site project.
+
+Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 5.1.3.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/topics/settings/
+
+For the full list of settings and their values, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/
+"""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+# Application definition
+
+INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    "django.contrib.admin",
+    "django.contrib.auth",
+    "django.contrib.contenttypes",
+    "django.contrib.sessions",
+    "django.contrib.messages",
+    "django.contrib.staticfiles",
+    "lucide",
+    "mainsite",
+]
+
+MIDDLEWARE = [
+    "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware",
+]
+
+ROOT_URLCONF = "phd_site.urls"
+
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        "BACKEND": "django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates",
+        "DIRS": [],
+        "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",
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+]
+
+WSGI_APPLICATION = "phd_site.wsgi.application"
+
+
+# Password validation
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/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",
+    },
+]
+
+
+# Internationalization
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/topics/i18n/
+
+LANGUAGE_CODE = "fr-fr"
+
+TIME_ZONE = "Europe/Paris"
+
+USE_I18N = True
+
+USE_TZ = True
+
+
+# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/howto/static-files/
+STATIC_URL = "static/"
+
+# Default primary key field type
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
+
+DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
diff --git a/phd_site/urls.py b/phd_site/urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..555c9a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phd_site/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+"""
+URL configuration for phd_site project.
+
+The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
+    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/topics/http/urls/
+Examples:
+Function views
+    1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', views.home, name='home')
+Class-based views
+    1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', Home.as_view(), name='home')
+Including another URLconf
+    1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
+"""
+
+from django.contrib import admin
+from django.urls import path, include
+
+import mainsite.urls
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
+    path("", include(mainsite.urls)),
+]
diff --git a/phd_site/wsgi.py b/phd_site/wsgi.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a14163
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phd_site/wsgi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""
+WSGI config for phd_site project.
+
+It exposes the WSGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/howto/deployment/wsgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'phd_site.settings')
+
+application = get_wsgi_application()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..648dcde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Django==5.1.*
+lucide