WINDOWS USERS: (This applies to UNIX/Linux as well, but is probably more interesting to Windows users). You may now open up your settings.py file and add SERVE_MEDIA=True to serve media directly from Django. This is useful when you're running Django's built-in development server and want to be able to get to your CSS/Images, or if you have an apache server and don't want to configure a media location. Note that this is NOT something you want in a production environment, as it's slow, and may pose security risks. However, this will get you up and running very quickly for web work. The new setting, SERVE_MEDIA, is defaulted to False and is in the latest settings.py.dist file.

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Greg Taylor 2007-06-12 01:12:26 +00:00
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# to load the internationalization machinery.
USE_I18N = False
# If you'd like to serve media files via Django (strongly not recommended!),
# set SERVE_MEDIA to True. This is appropriate on a developing site, or if
# you're running Django's built-in test server. Normally you want a webserver
# that is optimized for serving static content to handle media files (apache,
# lighttpd).
SERVE_MEDIA = False
# Absolute path to the directory that holds media.
# Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/"
MEDIA_ROOT = '%s/media' % (BASE_PATH)

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#
from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
import settings
urlpatterns = patterns('',
# Admin interface
(r'^admin/', include('django.contrib.admin.urls')),
# Admin interface
(r'^admin/', include('django.contrib.admin.urls')),
# Front page
(r'^', include('apps.website.urls')),
# Front page
(r'^', include('apps.website.urls')),
)
# If you'd like to serve media files via Django (strongly not recommended!),
# open up your settings.py file and set SERVE_MEDIA to True. This is
# appropriate on a developing site, or if you're running Django's built-in
# test server. Normally you want a webserver that is optimized for serving
# static content to handle media files (apache, lighttpd).
if settings.SERVE_MEDIA:
urlpatterns += patterns('',
(r'^media/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', {'document_root': settings.MEDIA_ROOT}),
)