Hi, It is quite common to configure TEMPLATES and STATICFILES_DIRS such that you can override the templates and static files of installed apps from some central location.
Maybe startproject should actually generate settings to do this by default? STATICFILES_DIRS = ( os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'), ) Or maybe: STATICFILES_DIRS = ( os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'mysite', 'static'), ) In my experience, this is a real pain point for beginners, and doing this shouldn't hurt anyone. What do you think? Also, do you think that templates and static files should be treated differently in this regard? The docs currently suggest such a configuration for static files, but not for templates. I'd argue that it's more important for templates, but it cannot harm to do it for both. -- René Fleschenberg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers (Contributions to Django itself)" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/8237964.u2MXdYcyU2%40rex. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.