From 8ddf5ba66fb886a70b94435589c588e5020f757c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jannis Leidel Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:52:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed #15681 -- Fixed a documentation error regarding the default value of the STATIC_URL setting. Thanks, Chris Drackett. git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@15913 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37 --- docs/howto/static-files.txt | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/howto/static-files.txt b/docs/howto/static-files.txt index 77e07141e3..53b6e1220b 100644 --- a/docs/howto/static-files.txt +++ b/docs/howto/static-files.txt @@ -48,16 +48,24 @@ Here's the basic usage in a nutshell: See the documentation for the :setting:`STATICFILES_FINDERS` setting for details on how ``staticfiles`` finds your files. - 2. Make sure that ``django.contrib.staticfiles`` is in your + 2. Set the :setting:`STATIC_URL` setting to the URL you want to use + for pointing to your static files, e.g.:: + + STATIC_URL = '/static/' + + In projects freshly created with the :djadmin:`startproject` + management command this will be preset to ``'/static/'``. + + 3. Make sure that ``django.contrib.staticfiles`` is in your :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS`. For :ref:`local development`, if you are using :ref:`runserver` or adding :ref:`staticfiles_urlpatterns` to your URLconf, you're done! Your static files will automatically be served at the - default :setting:`STATIC_URL` of ``/static/``. + :setting:`STATIC_URL` you specified in step 2. - 3. You'll probably need to refer to these files in your templates. The + 4. You'll probably need to refer to these files in your templates. The easiest method is to use the included context processor which will allow template code like: