But then shouldn't I expect the files to be served from the STATIC_ROOT as well ?
On Apr 23, 12:38 pm, Philip Mountifield <pmountifi...@formac.net> wrote: > There is a slight difference: > > * STATIC_ROOT is where you would like the files to be collected to > when you run "manage.py collectstatic" and should be empty to begin > with. > * STATICFILES_DIRS is where the actual files are located and they will > be automagically servered under the development server. > * You can also create a folder called "static" in any app and put > files in there. > > Regards > Phil > > On 23/04/2012 12:32, gnesher wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > I'm not sure if this is a bug or am I missing something but I've > > created a very simple test environment and placed a single png file > > within my static folder. > > > The file is being served fine when I set : > > STATIC_ROOT = '' > > STATICFILES_DIRS = ( > > '/Users/guynesher/Work/play/quicktest/testproj/static/', > > ) > > > however I'm geting a 404 error when I set it like this : > > STATIC_ROOT = '/Users/guynesher/Work/play/quicktest/testproj/static/' > > STATICFILES_DIRS = ( > > ) > > > Based on the STATICFILES_DIRS comment (Additional locations of static > > files) I expected I will only need to use it if I have multiple static > > files directory which doesn't seem to be the case. > > > What am I missing here? > > -- > > Philip Mountifield > Formac Electronics Ltd > tel +44 (0) 1225 837333 > fax +44 (0) 1225 430995 > > pmountifi...@formac.netwww.formac.netwww.telgas.net -- 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.
