Specify app configs in INSTALLED_APPS

This is recommended by the Django documentation

website/activemembers/apps.py

 from django.apps import AppConfig
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 
 class ActiveMembersConfig(AppConfig):
     name = 'activemembers'
+    verbose_name = _('Active members')

website/announcements/apps.py

 from django.apps import AppConfig
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 
 class AnnouncementsConfig(AppConfig):
     name = 'announcements'
+    verbose_name = _('Site header announcements')

website/documents/apps.py

 from django.apps import AppConfig
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 
 class DocumentsConfig(AppConfig):
     name = 'documents'
+    verbose_name = _('Documents')

website/education/apps.py

 from django.apps import AppConfig
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 
 class EducationConfig(AppConfig):
     name = 'education'
+    verbose_name = _('Education')

website/events/apps.py

 from django.apps import AppConfig
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 
 class EventsConfig(AppConfig):
     name = 'events'
+    verbose_name = _('Events')

website/mailinglists/apps.py

 from django.apps import AppConfig
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 
 class MailinglistsConfig(AppConfig):
     name = 'mailinglists'
+    verbose_name = _('Mailing lists')

website/members/apps.py

 from django.apps import AppConfig
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 
 class MembersConfig(AppConfig):
     name = 'members'
+    verbose_name = _('Members')

website/merchandise/apps.py

 from django.apps import AppConfig
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 
 class MerchandiseConfig(AppConfig):
     name = 'merchandise'
+    verbose_name = _('Merchandise')

website/newsletters/apps.py

 from django.apps import AppConfig
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 
 class NewslettersConfig(AppConfig):
     name = 'newsletters'
+    verbose_name = _('News letters')

website/partners/apps.py

 from django.apps import AppConfig
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 
 class PartnersConfig(AppConfig):
     name = 'partners'
+    verbose_name = _('Partners')

website/payments/apps.py

+from django.apps import AppConfig
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+
+
+class PaymentsConfig(AppConfig):
+    name = 'payments'
+    verbose_name = _('Payments')

website/photos/apps.py

 from django.apps import AppConfig
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 
 class PhotosConfig(AppConfig):
     name = 'photos'
+    verbose_name = _('Photos')

website/pizzas/apps.py

 from django.apps import AppConfig
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 
 class PizzasConfig(AppConfig):
     name = 'pizzas'
+    verbose_name = _('Pizzas')

website/pushnotifications/__init__.py

-default_app_config = 'pushnotifications.apps.PushNotificationsConfig'

website/registrations/__init__.py

-default_app_config = 'registrations.apps.RegistrationsConfig'

website/thabloid/apps.py

 from django.apps import AppConfig
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 
 class ThabloidConfig(AppConfig):
     name = 'thabloid'
+    verbose_name = _('Thabloid')

website/thaliawebsite/settings/settings.py

@@ -56,24 +56,26 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'compressor',
     'corsheaders',
     # Our apps
+    # Directly link to the app config when applicable as recommended
+    # by the docs: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/ref/applications/
     'thaliawebsite',  # include for admin settings
-    'pushnotifications',
-    'members',
-    'documents',
-    'activemembers',
-    'photos',
+    'pushnotifications.apps.PushNotificationsConfig',
+    'members.apps.MembersConfig',
+    'documents.apps.DocumentsConfig',
+    'activemembers.apps.ActiveMembersConfig',
+    'photos.apps.PhotosConfig',
     'utils',
-    'mailinglists',
-    'merchandise',
-    'thabloid',
-    'partners',
-    'events',
-    'pizzas',
-    'newsletters',
-    'education',
-    'announcements',
-    'registrations',
-    'payments',
+    'mailinglists.apps.MailinglistsConfig',
+    'merchandise.apps.MerchandiseConfig',
+    'thabloid.apps.ThabloidConfig',
+    'partners.apps.PartnersConfig',
+    'events.apps.EventsConfig',
+    'pizzas.apps.PizzasConfig',
+    'newsletters.apps.NewslettersConfig',
+    'education.apps.EducationConfig',
+    'announcements.apps.AnnouncementsConfig',
+    'registrations.apps.RegistrationsConfig',
+    'payments.apps.PaymentsConfig',
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [