diff --git a/_deploy/wsl/localsettingsWSL.py b/_deploy/wsl/localsettingsWSL.py
index 42a2a1c..ffead19 100644
--- a/_deploy/wsl/localsettingsWSL.py
+++ b/_deploy/wsl/localsettingsWSL.py
@@ -55,14 +55,19 @@ JSLIB_ROOT = TROGGLE_PATH / "media" / "jslib"  # used for CaveViewer JS utility
 EXPOFILES = REPOS_ROOT_PATH / "expofiles"
 
 SCANS_ROOT = EXPOFILES / "surveyscans"
+# PHOTOS_ROOT = EXPOFILES / 'photos'
 PHOTOS_ROOT = Path("/mnt/d/EXPO/PHOTOS") 
 PHOTOS_YEAR = "2023"
+
 NOTABLECAVESHREFS = ["290", "291", "264", "258", "204", "359", "76", "107"]
 
-
+# PYTHON_PATH = os.fspath(PYTHON_PATH)
 PYTHON_PATH = REPOS_ROOT_PATH / "troggle"
 LOGFILE = PYTHON_PATH / "troggle.log"
 
+#sys.path.append(os.fspath(REPOS_ROOT_PATH))
+#sys.path.append(os.fspath(PYTHON_PATH))
+
 # URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use a
 # trailing slash if there is a path component (optional in other cases).
 MEDIA_URL = "/site-media/"
@@ -76,7 +81,6 @@ URL_ROOT = "/"
 MEDIA_URL = Path(URL_ROOT, "/site_media/")
 PHOTOS_URL = Path(URL_ROOT, "/photos/")
 
-
 STATIC_URL = Path(URL_ROOT, "/static/")  # used by Django admin pages. Do not delete.
 JSLIB_URL = Path(URL_ROOT, "/javascript/")  # used for CaveViewer JS utility
 
@@ -84,18 +88,18 @@ JSLIB_URL = Path(URL_ROOT, "/javascript/")  # used for CaveViewer JS utility
 # --------------------- MEDIA redirections END ---------------------
 
 PUBLIC_SITE = True
-DEBUG = True  # Always keep this True, even when on public server. Otherwise NO USEFUL ERROR MESSAGES !
-CACHEDPAGES = True  # experimental page cache for a handful of page types
+DEBUG = True # Always keep this True, even when on public server. Otherwise NO USEFUL ERROR MESSAGES !
+CACHEDPAGES = True # experimental page cache for a handful of page types
 
 # executables:
-CAVERN = "cavern"  # for parsing .svx files and producing .3d files
+CAVERN = "cavern" # for parsing .svx files and producing .3d files
 SURVEXPORT = "survexport"  # for parsing .3d files and producing .pos files
 
 DBSQLITE = {
     "default": {
         "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",  # 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
+        #'NAME' : 'troggle.sqlite',
         "NAME": "/home/philip/p11d4/troggle.sqlite",
-        #        'NAME' : ':memory:',
         "USER": "expo",  # Not used with sqlite3.
         "PASSWORD": "sekrit",  # Not used with sqlite3.
         "HOST": "",  # Set to empty string for localhost. Not used with sqlite3.
@@ -131,19 +135,19 @@ TEMPLATES = [
             "debug": "DEBUG",
             "context_processors": [
                 # django.template.context_processors.csrf, # is always enabled and cannot be removed, sets csrf_token
-                "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",  # knowledge of logged-on user & permissions
-                "core.context.troggle_context",  # in core/troggle.py - only used in expedition.html
+                "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth", # knowledge of logged-on user & permissions
+                "core.context.troggle_context", # in core/troggle.py - only used in expedition.html
                 "django.template.context_processors.debug",
                 "django.template.context_processors.i18n",
                 "django.template.context_processors.media",  # includes a variable MEDIA_URL
-                "django.template.context_processors.static",  # includes a variable STATIC_URL used by admin pages
+                "django.template.context_processors.static", # includes a variable STATIC_URL used by admin pages
                 "django.template.context_processors.tz",
-                "django.template.context_processors.request",  # must be enabled in DjangoTemplates (TEMPLATES) in order to use the admin navigation sidebar.
+                "django.template.context_processors.request", # must be enabled in DjangoTemplates (TEMPLATES) in order to use the admin navigation sidebar.
                 "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
             ],
             "loaders": [
-                "django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader",  # default lcation is troggle/templates/
-                "django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader",  # needed for admin 'app'
+                "django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader", # default lcation is troggle/templates/
+                "django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader", # needed for admin 'app'
             ],
         },
     },
@@ -162,6 +166,7 @@ DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = "django-test@klebos.net"
 
 SURVEX_DATA = REPOS_ROOT_PATH / "loser"
 DRAWINGS_DATA = REPOS_ROOT_PATH / "drawings"
+
 EXPOWEB = REPOS_ROOT_PATH / "expoweb"
 CAVEDESCRIPTIONS = EXPOWEB / "cave_data"
 ENTRANCEDESCRIPTIONS = EXPOWEB / "entrance_data"
@@ -171,10 +176,12 @@ EXPOWEB_URL = ""
 
 sys.path.append(str(REPOS_ROOT_PATH))
 sys.path.append(str(PYTHON_PATH))
-#TINY_MCE_MEDIA_ROOT = STATIC_ROOT + '/tiny_mce/' # not needed while TinyMCE not installed
-#TINY_MCE_MEDIA_URL = STATIC_URL + '/tiny_mce/' # not needed while TinyMCE not installed
 
 # Sanitise these to be strings as Django seems to be particularly sensitive to crashing if they aren't
+# and we have not made the change to pathlib Path type in the other localsettings-* variants yet.
+CAVEDESCRIPTIONS = os.fspath(CAVEDESCRIPTIONS)
+ENTRANCEDESCRIPTIONS = os.fspath(ENTRANCEDESCRIPTIONS)
+
 STATIC_URL = str(STATIC_URL) + "/"
 MEDIA_URL = str(MEDIA_URL) + "/"
 
diff --git a/_deploy/xubuntu/localsettingsXubuntu.py b/_deploy/xubuntu/localsettingsXubuntu.py
index f7072db..f2590de 100644
--- a/_deploy/xubuntu/localsettingsXubuntu.py
+++ b/_deploy/xubuntu/localsettingsXubuntu.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import os
 import sys
-import urllib.parse
 from pathlib import Path
 
 """Settings for a troggle installation which may vary among different
@@ -48,43 +46,47 @@ PV = "python" + str(sys.version_info.major) + "." + str(sys.version_info.minor)
 # --------------------- MEDIA redirections BEGIN --------------------- 
 REPOS_ROOT_PATH = Path(__file__).parent.parent
 LIBDIR  =  REPOS_ROOT_PATH / 'lib' / PV 
-#LIBDIR  =  REPOS_ROOT_PATH / 'lib' / 'python3.9' # should be finding this automatically: python --version etc.
 
 TROGGLE_PATH = Path(__file__).parent
-TEMPLATE_PATH     = TROGGLE_PATH / 'templates'
-MEDIA_ROOT        = TROGGLE_PATH / 'media'
-JSLIB_ROOT        = TROGGLE_PATH / 'media' / 'jslib' # used for CaveViewer JS utility
+TEMPLATE_PATH = TROGGLE_PATH / 'templates'
+MEDIA_ROOT = TROGGLE_PATH / 'media'
+JSLIB_ROOT = TROGGLE_PATH / 'media' / 'jslib' # used for CaveViewer JS utility
 
-#FILES = Path('/mnt/d/expofiles/')
+# EXPOFILES = REPOS_ROOT_PATH / "expofiles"
 EXPOFILES = Path('/media/philip/sd-huge1/cucc-expo/expofiles/')
+
 SCANS_ROOT = EXPOFILES / 'surveyscans'
 PHOTOS_ROOT = EXPOFILES / 'photos'
-PHOTOS_YEAR = "2022"
+PHOTOS_YEAR = "2023"
+
+NOTABLECAVESHREFS = ["290", "291", "264", "258", "204", "359", "76", "107"]
+
+# PYTHON_PATH = os.fspath(PYTHON_PATH)
+PYTHON_PATH = REPOS_ROOT_PATH / "troggle"
+LOGFILE = PYTHON_PATH / "troggle.log"
 
 # URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use a
 # trailing slash if there is a path component (optional in other cases).
 MEDIA_URL = '/site-media/'
 
-DIR_ROOT = ''#this should end in / if a value is given
+DIR_ROOT = Path("") #this should end in / if a value is given
 URL_ROOT = '/'
 # URL_ROOT = 'http://localhost:'+ SERVERPORT +'/'
 
-#Note that these constants are not actually used in urls.py, they should be..
-MEDIA_URL   = urllib.parse.urljoin(URL_ROOT , '/site_media/')
-SCANS_URL   = urllib.parse.urljoin(URL_ROOT , '/survey_scans/')
-PHOTOS_URL  = urllib.parse.urljoin(URL_ROOT , '/photos/')
-SVX_URL     = urllib.parse.urljoin(URL_ROOT , '/survex/')
+# Note that these constants are not actually used in urls.py, they should be..
+# and they all need to end with / so using 'Path' doesn't work..
+MEDIA_URL = Path(URL_ROOT, "/site_media/")
+PHOTOS_URL = Path(URL_ROOT, "/photos/")
 
+STATIC_URL = Path(URL_ROOT, "/static/")  # used by Django admin pages. Do not delete.
+JSLIB_URL = Path(URL_ROOT, "/javascript/")  # used for CaveViewer JS utility
 
-STATIC_URL = urllib.parse.urljoin(URL_ROOT , '/static/') # used by Django admin pages. Do not delete.
-JSLIB_URL  = urllib.parse.urljoin(URL_ROOT , '/javascript/') # used for CaveViewer JS utility
-
-#STATIC_ROOT removed after merging content into MEDIA_ROOT. See urls.py & core/views/surveys.py
+# STATIC_ROOT removed after merging content into MEDIA_ROOT. See urls.py & core/views/surveys.py
 # --------------------- MEDIA redirections END --------------------- 
 
 PUBLIC_SITE = True
 DEBUG = True # Always keep this True, even when on public server. Otherwise NO USEFUL ERROR MESSAGES !
-CACHEDPAGES = True  # experimental page cache for a handful of page types
+CACHEDPAGES = True # experimental page cache for a handful of page types
 
 # executables:
 CAVERN = 'cavern' # for parsing .svx files and producing .3d files
@@ -94,7 +96,6 @@ DBSQLITE = {
     'default': { 
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3', # 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
         'NAME' : 'troggle.sqlite',
-#        'NAME' : ':memory:',
         'USER' : 'expo',        # Not used with sqlite3.
         'PASSWORD' : 'sekrit',  # Not used with sqlite3.
         'HOST' : '',            # Set to empty string for localhost. Not used with sqlite3.
@@ -120,78 +121,61 @@ if DBSWITCH == "sqlite":
 if DBSWITCH == "mariadb":
     DATABASES = DBMARIADB
 
-NOTABLECAVESHREFS = [ "290", "291", "359", "264", "258", "204", "76", "107"]
-
-PYTHON_PATH = REPOS_ROOT_PATH / 'troggle'
-sys.path.append(os.fspath(REPOS_ROOT_PATH))
-sys.path.append(os.fspath(PYTHON_PATH))
-
-LOGFILE = PYTHON_PATH / 'troggle.log'
-PYTHON_PATH = os.fspath(PYTHON_PATH)
-
 TEMPLATES = [
     {
         'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
-        'DIRS': [
-            TEMPLATE_PATH
-        ],
+        "DIRS": [TEMPLATE_PATH],
         'OPTIONS': {
             'debug': 'DEBUG',
             'context_processors': [ 
                 # django.template.context_processors.csrf, # is always enabled and cannot be removed, sets csrf_token
                 'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth', # knowledge of logged-on user & permissions
-                'core.context.troggle_context',    # in core/troggle.py - only used in expedition.html
+                'core.context.troggle_context', # in core/troggle.py - only used in expedition.html
                 'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                 'django.template.context_processors.i18n',
                 'django.template.context_processors.media',  # includes a variable MEDIA_URL
                 'django.template.context_processors.static', # includes a variable STATIC_URL used by admin pages
                 'django.template.context_processors.tz',
                 'django.template.context_processors.request', # must be enabled in DjangoTemplates (TEMPLATES) in order to use the admin navigation sidebar. 
-               'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
             ],
             'loaders': [
                 'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader', # default lcation is troggle/templates/
                 'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader', # needed for admin 'app' 
-           ]
-       },
+            ],
+        },
     },
 ]
 
-EXPOUSERPASS = "nnn:gggggg - real-expo-password---imported-from-localsettings.py"
-EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = "real-email-password---imported-from-localsettings.py"
-
-EXPOUSER = 'expo'
-EXPOUSER_EMAIL = 'philip.sargent@gmail.com'
-EXPOADMINUSER = 'expoadmin'
-EXPOADMINUSER_EMAIL = 'philip.sargent@gmail.com'
+EXPOUSER = "expo"
+EXPOUSER_EMAIL = "philip.sargent@gmail.com"
+EXPOADMINUSER = "expoadmin"
+EXPOADMINUSER_EMAIL = "philip.sargent@gmail.com"
 
 EMAIL_HOST = "smtp-auth.mythic-beasts.com"
-EMAIL_HOST_USER = "django-test@klebos.net" # Philip Sargent really
-EMAIL_PORT=587
+EMAIL_HOST_USER = "django-test@klebos.net"  # Philip Sargent really
+EMAIL_PORT = 587
 EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
-DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = 'django-test@klebos.net'
+DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = "django-test@klebos.net"
 
 SURVEX_DATA = REPOS_ROOT_PATH / "loser"
 DRAWINGS_DATA = REPOS_ROOT_PATH / "drawings"
 
-EXPOWEB = REPOS_ROOT_PATH / "expoweb" 
-#SURVEYS = REPOS_ROOT_PATH
-CAVEDESCRIPTIONS        = EXPOWEB / "cave_data"
-ENTRANCEDESCRIPTIONS    = EXPOWEB / "entrance_data"
+EXPOWEB = REPOS_ROOT_PATH / "expoweb"
+CAVEDESCRIPTIONS = EXPOWEB / "cave_data"
+ENTRANCEDESCRIPTIONS = EXPOWEB / "entrance_data"
+
 EXPOWEB_URL = ''
 # SCANS_URL = '/survey_scans/' # defunct, removed.
 
+sys.path.append(str(REPOS_ROOT_PATH))
+sys.path.append(str(PYTHON_PATH))
+
 # Sanitise these to be strings as all other code is expecting strings
 # and we have not made the change to pathlib Path type in the other localsettings-* variants yet.
 CAVEDESCRIPTIONS = os.fspath(CAVEDESCRIPTIONS)
 ENTRANCEDESCRIPTIONS = os.fspath(ENTRANCEDESCRIPTIONS)
-LOGFILE = os.fspath(LOGFILE)
-#SURVEYS = os.fspath(SURVEYS)
-EXPOWEB = os.fspath(EXPOWEB)
-DRAWINGS_DATA     = os.fspath(DRAWINGS_DATA)
-SURVEX_DATA     = os.fspath(SURVEX_DATA)
-REPOS_ROOT_PATH = os.fspath(REPOS_ROOT_PATH)
-TEMPLATE_PATH   = os.fspath(TROGGLE_PATH)
-MEDIA_ROOT      = os.fspath(MEDIA_ROOT)
-JSLIB_ROOT      = os.fspath(JSLIB_ROOT)
-SCANS_ROOT    = os.fspath(SCANS_ROOT)
+
+STATIC_URL = str(STATIC_URL) + "/"
+MEDIA_URL = str(MEDIA_URL) + "/"
+