Thanks again Karen
On Feb 6, 6:06 pm, Karen Tracey <kmtra...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 12:45 PM, vanderkerkoff <tonm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I got it :-) > > > import os > > PROJECT_PATH = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)) > > > # MEDIA_ROOT = ( > > # os.path.join(PROJECT_PATH, 'static/media/'), > > # ) > > > MEDIA_ROOT = '/Users/mjdavies/Sites/django/governors/static/media/' > > > statically pointing the media root works > > You rather threw out the baby with the bathwater there. The problem with > your original setting was that you made MEDIA_ROOT a tuple, not a string. > Just fixing it to be the right type, but still dynamically computed based on > your project's location, would have been sufficient. > > > I use the same method above to grab templates, and that works ok > > Note TEMPLATE_DIRS is supposed to be a > tuple:http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/ref/settings/#template-dirs > > while MEDIA_ROOT is supposed to be a > string:http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/ref/settings/#media-root > > You need to adjust your method when cribbing from one setting to another and > ensure you give each setting a value of the appropriate type. > > Note also this is why I suggested taking a look at (not necessarily posting > to the list) the values of the local variables on the debug page. The code > you were focused on (model and model admin defs) was correct, and the > problem was elsewhere. Seeing the actual value of s that was being used > (presumably the tuple MEDIA_ROOT had been set to) might have given you a > clue as to where the problem was. > > If you have difficulty understanding all that is presented by the debug page > and how to make use of it, there is a book linked from the page in my sig > that may be helpful to you in improving your debugging skills. > > Karen > --http://tracey.org/kmt/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
