Thanks JIm, didn't solve my problem, but always good to learn some
best practices. Any particular reason why
{'document_root' : os.path.join(settings.CURRENT_PATH,"media_site") })
is better than
{'document_root': settings.MEDIA_ROOT}
in settings.py?
On 14 Okt., 18:17, Jim McGaw <jpmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> I don't anything wrong with what you've typed. I have one suggestion:
> use the os.path module from Python to avoid hard-coding the paths to
> your project. Inside of settings.py, you could add:
>
> import os
> # CURRENT_PATH points to your project's root directory
> # (the directory in which your settings.py file resides)
> CURRENT_PATH = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)
>
> # points to /path/to/project/media_site/
> MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(CURRENT_PATH, "media_site")
>
> Then, back in urls.py, import your settings and use:
>
> { 'document_root' : os.path.join(settings.CURRENT_PATH,
> "media_site") })
>
> Just a suggestion to help troubleshoot the issue. The only other
> thought I had is to remove the dash from the name of your project;
> I've had problems with directories containing dashes in the past, but
> don't spend too much time testing that, since I'm not sure why that
> would be causing the problem here.
>
> Good luck!
>
> On Oct 14, 7:40 am, David <baer.da...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello
> > I can't get my css working.
> > I readhttp://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/static-files/and
> > many stack overflow and group entries, and I think I have what
> > everybody hast that has it working, yet it doesn't work!
>
> > In settings.py:
> > MEDIA_ROOT ="/home/myhome/workspaces/django-project/media_site/"
> > MEDIA_URL = "/media_site/"
> > ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = "/media/"
>
> > in the template base.html:
> > <head>
> > <title>blabla</title>
> > <link href="/media_site/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
> > /
>
> > </head>
>
> > in urls.py:
> > patterns('',
> > (r'^media_site/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve',
> > {'document_root': settings.MEDIA_ROOT}),
> > ...
> > )
>
> > from the terminal:
> > david: media_site$ pwd
> > /home/myhome/workspaces/django-project/media_site
> > david: media_site$ ls
> > style.css
>
> > I use the development server. The server outputs:
> > [14/Oct/2009 16:27:41] "GET /media_site/style.css HTTP/1.1" 404 2118
>
> > Any idea where I did anything wrong? a typo somewhere?
> > Any help appreciated!
>
> > David
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