can see your settings.py and urls.py inside project folder? On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 11:57 AM David Nugent <[email protected]> wrote:
> It is very important to understand the difference between “static” and > “media”. The two are somewhat similar, and the code to handle (serve) each > is even almost identical. Conceptually though they are quite different > things. > > static files are assets provided by your app and served to satisfy the > direct needs of your app - e.g. javascript, css and other assets which > never change, updated or rendered. > media files are more fluid things, usually uploaded or processed files, > objects delivered by the application that are not a core part of rendering > web pages. > > Both STATIC_URL and MEDIA_URL are set up in your settings. In production, > either or both may be served externally to django. > > By default, MEDIA serving is not configured in Django settings, but there > are many mentions of static files with a dozen or so possible configuration > items. These are there because such configuration is important right at the > start of developing a Django app. > > If you need information on media handling though, you need to go back to > the Django docs as there are no hints on how to do this in the default > generated configuration. > > The point is - do not confuse the two, and definitely do not try to tangle > both as it will eventually lead to problems. Configure media separately > from static and you will not encounter any of those problems, especially so > when you get to deploying to production where you may wish to handle them > differently (serving from cloud vs locally and choice of what served each > etc and a myriad of other choices). > > So, back to your problem, I would guess that you are simply missing a url > handler for your media files at path(‘media/‘,…(, and the path stored in > your db is almost definitely correct. The handler you will probably use in > development mode will look something like your dev static files config, > except for MEDIA_URL and pointing to the file system location where they > are actually being uploaded. > > HTH, > David > > > > From: Michael Starr <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > Reply: [email protected] <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> > Date: 12 April 2023 at 18:00:56 > To: Django users <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> > Subject: Image uploaded to database but not displaying > > I am finding that the url of files stored in a database with Django is >> automated to /media/[filename], which is neat, because that keeps it >> organized and from images being everywhere. However, only the alt text of >> my file shows--the url is correct but the image doesn't show. I've tried >> using static, as well as just {{ image.url }} and neither method worked for >> me. Also, which method is correct? Can we frikkin decide already? :P >> >> Thank you. >> Michael >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/4d1c1c52-c4d8-4f46-8333-adc673095fc1n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/4d1c1c52-c4d8-4f46-8333-adc673095fc1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAE5VhgU%2BCLvoawzUZrb22PBTDi3-%2ByQDCUzHWesOQRawFky5Nw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAE5VhgU%2BCLvoawzUZrb22PBTDi3-%2ByQDCUzHWesOQRawFky5Nw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAJwZndejpdZRyk09Eor7WoXi7TKDhy0c-hDZ1iO48E7mqVTc8w%40mail.gmail.com.
