Re: Media variables confusion

2008-06-18 Thread scorpioxy
On Jun 17, 11:59 pm, Joel Bernstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Generally, Django could not care less where you put most of your > static media files. There are two main exceptions, though: > > 1. Django needs to know the URL to the media files for its admin > application (ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX) >

Re: Media variables confusion

2008-06-17 Thread Joel Bernstein
Generally, Django could not care less where you put most of your static media files. There are two main exceptions, though: 1. Django needs to know the URL to the media files for its admin application (ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX) 2. Django needs to know where in the server's filesystem it should put newl

Re: Media variables confusion

2008-06-17 Thread Bartek Gniado
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

Media variables confusion

2008-06-17 Thread Alaa Salman
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