You need MEDIA_ROOT because yes, you serve it from static.serve view during development but when you launch you do not want to be using the devserver to display your site. MEDIA_URL is essentially the same url you map through Apache, lighthttpd, whatever you use
But you are right, you can use the dev server to setup where your media is but once you go onto a more public launch viewing you will want to switch using Apache / mod_python combo or something else. This describes it pretty well: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/modpython/#serving-media-files On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Alaa Salman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey guys, > > So i am a little confused by the MEDIA_ROOT, MEDIA_URL, and > ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX variables. > > I understand that the ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX provides the prefix. But so what > if it was on another url? I am assuming that the common use case is to serve > them from the same domain, which is what i am doing. But just in case... > > Also, why do we need a MEDIA_ROOT as a path to a directory if we can use > the static.serve view during development? And then so why are both the > MEDIA_URL and MEDIA_ROOT needed? > > As you can see, I'm a little confused by these settings and have managed to > develop with using them this far. So any explanation is appreciated. I find > the documentation a little lacking in explaining these vars. > > > Regards, > Alaa Salman > http://www.codedemigod.com > FSF Member #6304 > "Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. > Then you will see how low it was." ---Dag Hammarskjold > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
