Here are my relevant settings:
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
'static').replace('\\', '/')
MEDIA_URL = '/static/'
I tried using 127.0.0.1:8000 for the MEDIA_URL (as the documentation
suggests) but my files would not display properly. MEDIA_ROOT above
evaluates to 'd:\sites\test\static' so I know that code is working
properly.
With these settings, I can select images with the browse button in the
admin tool, they will upload properly, and will display properly in my
template by using the get_ImageField_url method. However, when I try
to edit the information in the admin tool, here is what happens:
1. I cant edit the ImageField by hand - e.g. If it currently contains
'images\fam1.jpg' I cannot manually type in images\fam2.jpg and have
it accept it.
2. If I select (using the browse button) the fam2.jpg image and it
(fam2.jpg) already exists in the images folder, it will upload it
again with a '_' appended to the filename (fam2_.jpg).
3. The documentation suggests that ImageFile uploads will go to
MEDIA_ROOT + ImageField(upload_to='images') which should be .../static/
images/imagefile.jpg and this works fine.
However, without putting '/static/' in the MEDIA_URL, the
get_ImageField_url method will return only .../images/imagefile.jpg. I
just stumbled on this, and its why I had to put '/static/' in the
MEDIA_URL setting.
Without '/static/' in the MEDIA_URL setting, the upload works fine,
but the get_ImageField_url returns 'images/imagefile.jpg' rather than
MEDIA_URL + images/imagefile.jpg which causes the URL to be relative
to the current page (e.g. /page/2/images/imagefile.jpg rather than an
absolute path that doesnt include the /page/2/ relative information)
So here are my questions:
1. How can I choose an existing image vs. having to always upload one?
2. If I can only upload images, can I make it just overwrite an
existing image vs. appending the _?
3. Why does get_ImageFile_url not prepend the whole MEDIA_ROOT
information?
Sorry for the verbosity. I did search the group for help on this
first, though :)
Scott - Django Newb
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