Media
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Development (python HTTP)
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To use a simple python HTTP server:
- Open a new terminal and change into your project media folder:
::
python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080 &
- In your ``settings.py`` file, change the media URL:
::
MEDIA_URL = 'http://localhost:8080/'
Development (Apache)
====================
To serve media files using Apache (rather than ``django.views.static.serve``):
Apache
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- Create a folder for your media files (e.g. for my ``sample_wikiapp``
project):
::
~/repo/apache/sites/sample_wikiapp/
- Create a test document called ``test.html``:
::
Testing Apache site for sample_wikiapp
- Create a folder for your media:
::
cd ~/repo/apache/sites/sample_wikiapp/
mkdir media
- Put any media files in there that you need e.g:
::
cd ~/repo/apache/sites/sample_wikiapp/media/
unzip ~/download/tinymce/tinymce_3_3rc1.zip tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/*
mv tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/ .
rm -r tinymce/
- Edit the Apache configuration file:
::
sudo vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
- Create a new virtual host for your site:
::
Alias /sample_wikiapp/ "/home/patrick/repo/apache/sites/sample_wikiapp/"
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
- Re-start the Apache server:
::
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
- Check the test file is being served correctly:
http://localhost/sample_wikiapp/test.html
Django
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- In your ``settings.py`` file, add the
::
MEDIA_URL = 'http://localhost/sample_wikiapp/media'
- In your templates, add the ``MEDIA_URL`` to any media links e.g:
::
- For this to work, you will need the ``media`` and ``request`` context
processors:
::
TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
'django.core.context_processors.debug',
'django.core.context_processors.i18n',
'django.core.context_processors.media',
'django.core.context_processors.request',
'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
)
Development (static.serve)
==========================
To serve media in a development environment (only):
`How to serve static files`_
- Create a folder within your application for the static files e.g:
::
mkdir ./myapp/static/
- Check the ``settings.py`` file:
- ``STATIC_URL`` should be set to:
::
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
- Make sure that ``django.contrib.staticfiles`` is in your
``INSTALLED_APPS``.
- In your templates, use ``STATIC_URL`` for resources:
::
:
::
{% extends )
{% endblock %}
.. _`How to serve static files`: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/howto/static-files/