Hi Glenn,
It sounds like probably one of the steps that sets up a the database didn't work out or wasn't run. I can't remember off the top of my head which one of these loads information like languages, ethnicities, institutions, etc, but did you get any errors when
you were running these commands during the install?
django-admin.py migrate
django-admin.py loaddata initial_data
django-admin.py chronam_sync --skip-essays
If you poke around in the database, I'm guessing you'd see that all the tables are empty. I hope that helps with your troubleshooting!
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Jessica Dussault
Programmer / Analyst
Center for Digital Research in the Humanities
University of Nebraska – Lincoln