That did the trick :) Works now! Thanks
On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 9:38 AM, Jeff Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Oleg Oltar wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I am trying to setup django to use static files for development purposes. > > I used http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/static-files/ > > > > But actually failed to serve anything :( > > > > My urls.py > > > > urlpatterns = patterns('django.views.generic.simple', > > > > (r'','direct_to_template',{'template':'index.html'}), > > ) > > if settings.DEBUG: > > urlpatterns += patterns('', > > (r'^media/(?P<path>.*)$','django.views.static.serve', {'\ > > document_root': '/Users/oleg/media/spilka/'}), > > ) > > > > But needed media is not loaded, e.g. > > > > `-- spilka > > |-- css > > | `-- styles.css > > > > And http://127.0.0.1:8000/media/css/styles.css > > gives Page not found: > > > /usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/media/css/styles.css > You've run into a "gotcha" with your MEDIA_URL and ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX. > Basically the development server will add the static file view > automatically based on the ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX url. This is set to > '/media' so your own media URL is passed, and it is trying to serve the > files from the admin media. > > One way to fix this is to change your url from /media to something else, > and leave all the admin media at /media. Usually what I do is change the > ADMIN_MEDIA to something else. '/admin/media' makes sense to me, so > that's usually what I set it to. Some people set their MEDIA_URL url to > something like '/static'. Another logical way to set the URLs is to have > MEDIA_URL be '/media' and ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX set to '/media/admin' > > Hopefully this is helpful and makes sense! > > > Jeff Anderson > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
