On Tuesday, February 22, 2011 11:04:52 pm King wrote:
> In the Note under this section
> http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/static-files/#s-using-django-con
> trib-staticfiles , it mentions that "In previous versions of Django, it was
> common to place static assets in MEDIA_ROOT along with user-uploaded
> files, and serve them both at MEDIA_URL. " and that "staticfiles does not
> deal with user-uploaded files at all."
>
> Does this mean that you use STATIC_ROOT for all your static files
> (CSS, JS, images), and MEDIA_ROOT just for user-uploaded files?
>
> It's confusing because in the Django code I've looked at, I've only
> seen people use the MEDIA_ROOT, and it's often used to store the CSS,
> JS and Images (the same files that the documentation seems to be
> suggesting that STATIC_ROOT should be used for).
Static files appear to be for apps as part of large projects.
from the docs[1]:
For small projects, this isn’t a big deal, because you can just keep the
static files somewhere your web server can find it. However, in bigger projects
– especially those comprised of multiple apps – dealing with the multiple sets
of static files provided by each application starts to get tricky.
also from settings.py
# Absolute path to the directory static files should be collected to.
# Don't put anything in this directory yourself; store your static files
# in apps' "static/" subdirectories and in STATICFILES_DIRS.
# Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/static/"
STATIC_ROOT = ''
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
# Put strings here, like "/home/html/static" or "C:/www/django/static".
# Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
# Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
)
# List of finder classes that know how to find static files in
# various locations.
STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
# 'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.DefaultStorageFinder',
)
Essentially, I think this is a "You'll know when you need it." type setting.
Mike
[1] http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/static-files/
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