Comments on: Serving Django Static Files through Apache http://programmingzen.com/2009/07/22/serving-django-static-files-through-apache/ Meditations on programming, startups, and technology Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:09:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Nicholas Tung http://programmingzen.com/2009/07/22/serving-django-static-files-through-apache/#comment-8236 Nicholas Tung Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:59:48 +0000 http://antoniocangiano.com/?p=860#comment-8236 Thanks so much, Antonio! Thanks so much, Antonio!

]]> By: Greg Ferrell http://programmingzen.com/2009/07/22/serving-django-static-files-through-apache/#comment-7981 Greg Ferrell Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:21:57 +0000 http://antoniocangiano.com/?p=860#comment-7981 Thanks so much! This was just what I was looking for. Django is awesome, but this is its one Achilles heel so far. Thanks so much! This was just what I was looking for. Django is awesome, but this is its one Achilles heel so far.

]]> By: Katja http://programmingzen.com/2009/07/22/serving-django-static-files-through-apache/#comment-7232 Katja Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:59:45 +0000 http://antoniocangiano.com/?p=860#comment-7232 Does it also work this way when I want to display pictures in MEDIA_ROOT on a webpage? I've tried this and don't find the error - but don't see a picture ... *sigh* In the webpage I have: <img src=" http:///zooscan/profilepics/PIC.png " /> Thanks for any hints! Does it also work this way when I want to display pictures in MEDIA_ROOT on a webpage?
I’ve tried this and don’t find the error – but don’t see a picture … *sigh*

In the webpage I have:
<img src="
http:///zooscan/profilepics/PIC.png ” />
Thanks for any hints!

]]> By: sorl http://programmingzen.com/2009/07/22/serving-django-static-files-through-apache/#comment-6803 sorl Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:15:45 +0000 http://antoniocangiano.com/?p=860#comment-6803 I totally agree its not a big deal.. its just annoying to see that if statement since it doesn't do much good, do you know any other blog posts I can spam? :) I totally agree its not a big deal.. its just annoying to see that if statement since it doesn’t do much good, do you know any other blog posts I can spam? :)

]]> By: Antonio Cangiano http://programmingzen.com/2009/07/22/serving-django-static-files-through-apache/#comment-6802 Antonio Cangiano Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:26:01 +0000 http://antoniocangiano.com/?p=860#comment-6802 sorl, while I don't think it's a big deal, I agree that using os.path.join is probably better. sorl, while I don’t think it’s a big deal, I agree that using os.path.join is probably better.

]]> By: sorl http://programmingzen.com/2009/07/22/serving-django-static-files-through-apache/#comment-6794 sorl Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:01:04 +0000 http://antoniocangiano.com/?p=860#comment-6794 Ironically if you are unsure if your production environment is set up properly you might want to set DEBUG to True. Perhaps using a similar "trick" to http://www.djangosnippets.org/snippets/644/ for urls is a better idea (import local_urls...)? As for point #2: There are absolutely no reasons not to use os.path.join Ironically if you are unsure if your production environment is set up properly you might want to set DEBUG to True. Perhaps using a similar “trick” to http://www.djangosnippets.org/snippets/644/ for urls is a better idea (import local_urls…)? As for point #2: There are absolutely no reasons not to use os.path.join

]]> By: Antonio Cangiano http://programmingzen.com/2009/07/22/serving-django-static-files-through-apache/#comment-6788 Antonio Cangiano Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:07:18 +0000 http://antoniocangiano.com/?p=860#comment-6788 sorl, if Apache is misconfigured, checking for settings.DEBUG ensures that the files aren't being served by Django. Regarding your second point, this article is clearly aimed at *nix systems (you wouldn't do ln -s on Windows either). sorl, if Apache is misconfigured, checking for settings.DEBUG ensures that the files aren’t being served by Django. Regarding your second point, this article is clearly aimed at *nix systems (you wouldn’t do ln -s on Windows either).

]]> By: sorl http://programmingzen.com/2009/07/22/serving-django-static-files-through-apache/#comment-6787 sorl Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:39:48 +0000 http://antoniocangiano.com/?p=860#comment-6787 I fail to see the point in the "if settings.DEBUG" statement in urls.py since the webserver will already be taking care of things before you get there in production... Also "MEDIA_ROOT = '%s/media/' % BASE_PATH" should probably be "MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_PATH, 'media')" if you want to be os agnostic. I fail to see the point in the “if settings.DEBUG” statement in urls.py since the webserver will already be taking care of things before you get there in production…
Also “MEDIA_ROOT = ‘%s/media/’ % BASE_PATH” should probably be “MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_PATH, ‘media’)” if you want to be os agnostic.

]]> By: Antonio Cangiano http://programmingzen.com/2009/07/22/serving-django-static-files-through-apache/#comment-6780 Antonio Cangiano Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:25:18 +0000 http://antoniocangiano.com/?p=860#comment-6780 Yes, Leonel. Cherokee is awesome. Yes, Leonel. Cherokee is awesome.

]]> By: leonel http://programmingzen.com/2009/07/22/serving-django-static-files-through-apache/#comment-6779 leonel Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:23:46 +0000 http://antoniocangiano.com/?p=860#comment-6779 You can try www.cherokee-project.com it's an amazing webserver .. You can try http://www.cherokee-project.com it’s an amazing webserver ..

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