Re: contrib.staticfiles settings suggestion

2010-11-04 Thread Brian Neal
On Nov 4, 3:06 am, Jannis Leidel wrote: > Ok, thanks for your input, would you mind creating a ticket describing the > discrepancy in more detail? I thought the how to [1] explains enough of > purpose of the app, so any further input would be much appreciated. > > > I'd be glad to help, but I'm

Re: contrib.staticfiles settings suggestion

2010-11-04 Thread Jannis Leidel
On 04.11.2010, at 00:55, Brian Neal wrote: > On Nov 3, 4:12 am, Jannis Leidel wrote: >> >> No, MEDIA_* and STATICFILES_* settings aren't the same, the former is for >> user generated content (like file uploads), the latter for general static >> files your site needs to work (such as css/js fil

Re: contrib.staticfiles settings suggestion

2010-11-03 Thread Brian Neal
On Nov 3, 4:12 am, Jannis Leidel wrote: > > No, MEDIA_* and STATICFILES_* settings aren't the same, the former is for > user generated content (like file uploads), the latter for general static > files your site needs to work (such as css/js files). The distinction is also > well described in t

Re: contrib.staticfiles settings suggestion

2010-11-03 Thread Jannis Leidel
On 31.10.2010, at 23:06, Ryan wrote: > I track trunk while developing new projects, and I just picked up the > new contrib.staticfiles app. I was disappointed how repetitive and > redundant the configuration is. I already have MEDIA_ROOT and > MEDIA_URL defined, so now I have to add > > STATICF

Re: contrib.staticfiles settings suggestion

2010-10-31 Thread Issac Kelly
I've been a staticfiles user for a while, let me explain my normal setup, and one where it's a bit more complicated. PROJECT_ROOT = /path/to/project MEDIA_ROOT = PROJECT_ROOT/site_media/media STATICFILES_ROOT = PROJECT_ROOT/sitemedia/static PROJECT_STATIC (not an actual setting) = PROJECT_ROOT/st

contrib.staticfiles settings suggestion

2010-10-31 Thread Ryan
I track trunk while developing new projects, and I just picked up the new contrib.staticfiles app. I was disappointed how repetitive and redundant the configuration is. I already have MEDIA_ROOT and MEDIA_URL defined, so now I have to add STATICFILES_ROOT = MEDIA_ROOT STATICFILES_URL = MEDIA_URL