Re: media files apache/modpython windows

[May]

Ok, I think I finally got it!  In order to use my css template as a
django inherited base.html(which is under folder-template) I have to
place my html(ex. index.html) pages under the same folder "template",
which is specified as a directory path in the settings.py file under
TEMPLATE_DIRS:
'C:/folder/subfolder/templates',

However, if I want any CSS or images to be used in index.html I must
place them in a separate folder in a directory called site_media.
(the media folder actually refers to the css for my admin files).  For
media and site_media to work I need to add the following to my
settings.py file:
For the site css and images:
MEDIA_ROOT = 'C:/folder/subfolder/site_media'
MEDIA_URL = 'http://localhost/site_media/'

For the admin css:
ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = 'http://localhost/media/'

But the media(admin css) and site_media(my css and images) won't work
under apache until I add the following to the http.conf file:
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
  ServerName http://localhost
  Alias /media C:/djangopath/folders/admin/media
  <Directory />
    SetHandler python-program
    PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython
    PythonDebug On
    Allow from all
  </Directory>
<Location "/media/">
    SetHandler None
</Location>
<Location "/site_media/">
    SetHandler None
</Location>
</VirtualHost>

But, one more complication occurs.  When I select any link under the
template folder (which is supported by the django server, I also must
specify that link in the URL.py and View.py. That link looks like
this:
 <li><a href="http://localhost/index"; >index file</a></li>
URL:  (r'^index/$', 'index'),
VIEW:  def index(request):
  return render_to_response('index.html', RequestContext(request))

Any link selected from the site_media folder is controlled by Apache,
so I don't need to put anything in URL.py or View.py.  That link looks
like this:
<img src="http://localhost/site_media/images/image.gif"/>

All the above now works well for me and I hope that it is the simplest
configuration.  I am placing all this code here with the sincere hope
that someone else will find it useful, because no matter how many
times I read the django documentation it doesn't explain any of the
above very well.  I am a PHP programmer, so maybe my previous
experience tainted me from looking at the django configuration
differently than how I would have built a web page in PHP under
Apache.

Thank you for all your help and please comment if I am incorrect or if
the configuration could be made easier.

May


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