django-admin.py startproject is not working
Do you have a DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE environment variable set (presumably from the mysite project)?  If so, django thinks you're working on the old project and doesn't give you the startproject option.  Try unsetting the environment variable and trying again.
after installing django I tried django-admin.py startproject mysite and that worked, then I got a simple site working and I wanted to start on something real, so I tried django-admin.py startproject newsite and nothing happened. Whenever I try the command nothing happens now.. any idea what is wrong?