From 8632f8ac4ab427557a58300e243ccdb84859652a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Malcolm Tredinnick Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 03:47:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Documented that the development server does not, by default handle static files. Included a pointer to the relevant document for changing that. git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@2943 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37 --- docs/django-admin.txt | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/django-admin.txt b/docs/django-admin.txt index d829f4d975..4c8f459189 100644 --- a/docs/django-admin.txt +++ b/docs/django-admin.txt @@ -177,6 +177,17 @@ Port 7000 on IP address 1.2.3.4:: django-admin.py runserver 1.2.3.4:7000 +Serving static files with the development server: +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +By default, the development server will not be able to serve any static files +for your site (such as CSS files, images, things under MEDIA_ROOT_URL and so +forth). If you wish to configure your project to handle static media via the +development server, read the instructions in the `serving static files`_ +documentation. + +.. _serving static files: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/static_files/ + shell -----