Brandon Taylor wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm just about to give up on Django. I can't even get it to load a
> simple jpeg using the built-in server.
>
> Here is my directory structure:
>
> '/Users/bt/django_projects' is where all of my Django projects exist
>
> /btaylor_design
> settings.py, etc
> /public
> /images
> /stylesheets
> /javascript
>
>
> In my urls.py, I have the following:
>
> from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
> from django.conf import settings
> from btaylor_design.views import home
>
> urlpatterns = patterns('',
> (r'', home),
>
> # Uncomment this for admin:
> #(r'^admin/', include('django.contrib.admin.urls')),
> )
>
> if settings.DEBUG:
> urlpatterns += patterns('django.views',
> (r'^public/(.*)$', 'static.serve',
> {'document_root': '/Users/bt/django_projects/btaylor_design/public'}),
> )
>
>
> Can ANYONE give me a definitive answer on why this thing won't load so
> much as a simple image, with a src set to: <img src="/public/images/
> some_image.jpg /> ???!!!
>
> Many thanks in advance to any kind soul who would take the time to
> help me. I've struggled with this thing, trying many variations from
> posts from this group for a couple of days, so it's not as if I'm just
> throwing my hands up at the first error. I've been doing web for a
> long time, and see a lot of promise in this framework - if I can get
> it to work!
Brandon,
I'm a total noob to Django (about two weeks of an hour here and there)
but I haven't had anywhere near the problems you're having...
because I FOLLOWED THE DIRECTIONS.
Took me 5 seconds of googling to find the answer to your question:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=sTX&q=django+static+files+development+server&btnG=Search
http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/static_files/
You have the document root thing set to public rather than
public/images. The instructions clearly say '/path/to/media', not
/path/to/doc/root
here's mine:
if settings.DEBUG:
urlpatterns += patterns('',
(r'^images/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve',
{'document_root': 'c:/projects/djcode/reports/images'}),
(r'^css/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve',
{'document_root': 'c:/projects/djcode/reports/css'}),
)
This isn't hard, but helps when you get started to follow the directions
*exactly* until it's working, then try customizing things to suit your
needs/tastes.
Michael
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