On 12/19/06, cwurld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi, I don't understand why css files are special in django. If I have a template that contains inline style commands, nothing special needs to be done. But if I put those same commands in a separate file, now that file needs to be in a special location that needs to be handled by some special code. It seems like I am really missing something here. But based on all the other questions on css, it seems like many others are just as confused as I am.
There's nothing special about CSS files. What you're probably seeing, is that Django developers, in general, prefer NOT to have Django serve up the static media. The reason for this is essentially that Apache (or whatever server you use) is highly tuned for serving static media, and it'd be a waste to have Django process those requests. You *can* serve static media in Django, but as you said, you need to use "special code", namely the 'django.views.static.serve' view. What people tend to do is serve their static media from a separate server. If you look at the page source for djangoproject.com, you'll see that the CSS is served from http://media.djangoproject.com For a better explanation, see: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/static_files/ Jay P. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
