Maybe an example will clear it up. Its pretty much taken from the
documentation. I leave the ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX as the default value.
# settings.py
MEDIA_ROOT = '/home/django/django-projects/<project>/media/'
MEDIA_URL = '/site_media/'
# urls.py
from django conf import settings
if settings.DEBUG:
urlpatterns += patterns('',
(r'^site_media/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve',
{'document_root': settings.MEDIA_ROOT}),
)
So, MEDIA_ROOT is the location on disk where my media files are. MEDIA_URL
is the URL where they will be served from, for example
http://mydomain.com/site_media/. In my example, you should notice the the
MEDIA_URL is the URL that I use in the url pattern (minus the leading slash)
That is my setup for development. When I move stuff to prod, I use
apache/mod_python (on linux). So you no longer rely on Django so serve this
static media. For me, I just set up soft links to the particular
directories where the media files reside. For example (I refer to linux
file paths, I've never used Django with Windows...):
/var/www/media -->
/home/django/django-trunk/django/contrib/admin/media
/var/www/site_media --> /home/django/django-projects/<project>/media
Did the example help?
keith
On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 6:04 PM, Robert
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
> How is the MEDIA_URL reflected in my settings? If MEDIA_URL is '/
> site_media/', should my urls.py then be r'^site_media/$'? I fail to
> understand the role it plays in all this.
>
> Thanks again for your replies.
>
> Kind regards,
> Robert
>
> On Oct 9, 3:35 pm, "Keith Eberle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Correct, they can't be the same. That's why I put /site_media/ to serve
> > your projects media files in my reply. You can make them whatever you
> want,
> > but they have to be different.
> >
> > keith
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 4:36 PM, Robert
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Thanks for your reply, Keith.
> >
> > > I have made your suggested changes, but unfortunately I still cannot
> > > display images.
> >
> > > On a whim, I put an image file in C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django/
> > > contrib/admin/media\img02.jpg and used the following code in my
> > > template:
> >
> > > <img src="/media/img02.jpg"
> >
> > > The image now displays. It seems that it is not accessing my
> > > designated media directory.
> >
> > > I read in the Django docs that MEDIA_URL and ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX cannot
> > > both be the same URL (as in, they cannot both say '/media/'). Could
> > > this be the problem?
> >
> > > All settings are currently exactly as you outlined above.
> >
> > > Kind regards,
> > > Robert
> >
> > > On Oct 9, 1:45 pm, "Keith Eberle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > you need to change these:
> >
> > > > #from settings.py
> > > > MEDIA_ROOT = 'D:/workspace/isiscore/media/'
> > > > MEDIA_URL = '/site_media/'
> > > > ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = '/media/'
> >
> > > > #from urls.py
> > > > from django.conf import settings
> > > > (r'^media/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve',
> > > > { 'document_root': settings.MEDIA_URL, 'show_indexes':
> > > > True, }),
> >
> > > > remember, MEDIA_URL, is a URL, not a filesystem path.
> >
> > > > keith
> >
> > > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Robert
> > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> >
> > > > > I'm hoping I've just missed a simple switch, but I'm trying to get
> > > > > some simple CSS and images set up using the development server.
> >
> > > > > First, my setup:
> >
> > > > > from urls.py
> > > > > (r'^media/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve',
> > > > > { 'document_root': 'D:/workspace/isiscore/media', 'show_indexes':
> > > > > True, }),
> >
> > > > > from settings.py
> >
> > > > > MEDIA_ROOT = 'D:/workspace/isiscore/media/'
> > > > > MEDIA_URL = 'D:/workspace/isiscore/media/'
> > > > > ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = '/media/'
> >
> > > > > I have tried putting an image into my template with:
> src="css/images/
> > > > > img02.jpg" but nothing happens. The full path to the image file is
> D:
> > > > > \workspace\isiscore\media\css\images\img02.jpg.
> >
> > > > > The Problem:
> >
> > > > > When I try to load css (in my template as <link rel="stylesheet"
> > > > > type="text/css" href="{{ MEDIA_URL }}css/default.css" />), nothing
> > > > > happens.
> >
> > > > > When I set the browser tohttp://
> > > 127.0.0.1:8000/media/css/images/img02.jpg
> > > > > ,
> > > > > I get a blank white page with the text "Page not found:
> C:\Python25\Lib
> > > > > \site-packages\django/contrib/admin/media\css/images/img02.jpg" at
> the
> > > > > top. It doesn't seem like the development server is even looking
> in
> > > > > the correct place. I'm also concerned by the seemingly random
> > > > > assortment of backwards and forward slashes.
> >
> > > > > I'll mention this because it may be important, but I'm also getting
> a
> > > > > "TemplateSyntaxError: Caught an exception while rendering: nothing
> to
> > > > > repeat" whenever I save a file and then reload a page. Everything
> > > > > works correctly, however, when I reload again.
> >
> > > > > Any and all help is kindly appreciated.
> >
> > > > > Kind regards,
> > > > > Robert
> >
> >
> >
>
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