From fb7c347f7bd360b567c0b30697a6a200be2d6778 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Graham Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 07:36:53 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed #1349 -- Clarified docs on serving files from STATIC/MEDIA_URL. --- docs/howto/static-files/index.txt | 3 +++ docs/ref/settings.txt | 7 ++++++- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/howto/static-files/index.txt b/docs/howto/static-files/index.txt index 39e5cf1b94b..3bf05acdcf8 100644 --- a/docs/howto/static-files/index.txt +++ b/docs/howto/static-files/index.txt @@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ details on how ``staticfiles`` finds your files. by putting those static files inside *another* directory named for the application itself. +.. _serving-static-files-in-development: Serving static files during development. ======================================== @@ -108,6 +109,8 @@ this by adding the following snippet to your urls.py:: folder; it doesn't perform static files discovery like :mod:`django.contrib.staticfiles`. +.. _serving-uploaded-files-in-development: + Serving files uploaded by a user during development. ==================================================== diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt index 9a0dbd686d1..ff0feda2fcc 100644 --- a/docs/ref/settings.txt +++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt @@ -1693,7 +1693,8 @@ Default: ``''`` (Empty string) URL that handles the media served from :setting:`MEDIA_ROOT`, used for :doc:`managing stored files `. It must end in a slash if set -to a non-empty value. +to a non-empty value. You will need to :ref:`configure these files to be served +` in both development and production. Example: ``"http://media.example.com/"`` @@ -2721,6 +2722,10 @@ If not ``None``, this will be used as the base path for It must end in a slash if set to a non-empty value. +You may need to :ref:`configure these files to be served in development +` and will definitely need to do so +:doc:`in production `. + .. setting:: STATICFILES_DIRS STATICFILES_DIRS