On 08/10/2011 04:53 AM, Peter Kovgan wrote:
> Thank you guys.
> 
> I use development server of django(manage.py runserver).
> 
> I created an app. from the official site of the django, this one of the
> first tutorial.
> 
> I did it on windows installation.
> 
> Then I came home, installed the same app on ubuntu.
> 
> Now my conf is:
>> django 1.3
>> on python 2.7.1
>> ubuntu 11.04
>> looking through firefox 4
> 
> and it stopped show "stattic content"
> 
> HERE IS COLLECTSTATIC::
> 
> . . . 
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/contrib/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.py",
> line 41, in __init__
>     self.storage = get_storage_class(settings.STATICFILES_STORAGE)()
>   File
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/contrib/staticfiles/storage.py",
> line 23, in __init__
>     raise ImproperlyConfigured("You're using the staticfiles app "
> django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: You're using the
> staticfiles app without having set the STATIC_ROOT setting.
> 
> I tried to resolve it myself, but nothing has worked.
> 
> I used answers to another threads, but probably my installation is
> somehow different.
> 
> What exactly I specify in MEDIA_ROOT = ''" ?
> 


Very probably an error in settings.py

STATIC_ROOT has to be an absolut path name using '/' and not '\'
characters pointing to a directory, that is empty (collectstatic will
store files there)


STATICFILES_DIRS should point to the directory, where you put your
static files.

As Praveen pointed out.: A dump of settings.py might help



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