Update: I'm now using requestcontext in my view.
my new view is from django.http import HttpResponse from django.shortcuts import render_to_response from django.template.loader import get_template from django.template import RequestContext def homepage(request): return render_to_response ('index.html', context_instance=RequestContext(request)) But it's still not working. Thanks again! On Jul 8, 5:26 pm, Jak <jacob.wisch...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello All, > > I am new to Django and I'm trying to create a simple website. I am > trying to get an jpg to appear in the base template but I cant get it > to show up. > > In setting.py > MEDIA_ROOT = '/Users/Jak/projects/fap/mysite/media', > MEDIA_URL = '/media/' > > urls.py > (r'^media/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', > {'document_root': settings.MEDIA_ROOT}), > > HTML > <h1><img src="{{ MEDIA_URL }}FAPLogo.jpg"></h1> > > views.py > from django.http import HttpResponse > from django.shortcuts import render_to_response > from django.template.loader import get_template > > def homepage(request): > return render_to_response ('index.html') > > any ideas on what the problem could be? I dont get an error when I run > the server. > > Thanks > > Jak -- 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.