django-staticfiles 0.1.2

build_media management command

The build_media script collects the media files from all installed apps and arranges them under the STATIC_ROOT folder:

$ python manage.py build_media --all

Alternatively you can pass a list of apps to the command:

$ python manage.py build_media admin polls

In case you have two apps with the same file name and relative path you should use the --interactive option of build_media which will prompt you to choose which one to use. This is useful if you want to overwrite default media files with your custom app, for example. Remember to remove the STATIC_ROOT folder before you use this option or the script will prompt you for each file.

Please also refer to the help of the build_media management command by running:

$ python manage.py build_media --help

resolve_media management command

To quickly resolve the full file path of a media file on the filesystem, you can pass its expected URL path(s) to the resolve_media management command, e.g.:

$ python manage.py resolve_media css/base.css
Resolving css/polls.css:
    /home/polls.com/polls/media/css/polls.css

If multiple locations are found that match the given path it will list all of them, sorted by its importance.

STATIC_ROOT

Default:

'' (Empty string)

The absolute path to the directory that holds static files like app media:

STATIC_ROOT = "/home/polls.com/polls/site_media/static/"

STATIC_URL

Default:

'' (Empty string)

URL that handles the files served from STATIC_ROOT, e.g.:

STATIC_URL = '/site_media/static/'

Note that this should have a trailing slash if it has a path component.

Good: “http://www.example.com/static/” Bad: “http://www.example.com/static”

STATICFILES_DIRS

Default:

[]

This setting defines the additional locations the staticfiles app will traverse when looking for media files, e.g. if you use the build_media or resolve_media management command or use the static file serving view.

It should be defined as a sequence of (label, path) tuples, e.g.:

STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    ('special_polls', '/home/special.polls.com/polls/media'),
    ('polls', '/home/polls.com/polls/media'),
)

STATICFILES_PREPEND_LABEL_APPS

Default:

('django.contrib.admin',)

A sequence of app paths that have the media files in <app>/media, not in <app>/media/<app>, e.g. django.contrib.admin.

STATICFILES_MEDIA_DIRNAMES

Default:

('media',)

A sequence of directory names to be used when searching for media files in installed apps, e.g. if an app has its media files in <app>/static use:

STATICFILES_MEDIA_DIRNAMES = (
    'media',
    'static',
)

STATICFILES_EXCLUDED_APPS

Default:

[]

A sequence of app paths that should be ignored when searching for media files:

STATICFILES_EXCLUDED_APPS = (
    'annoying.app',
    'old.company.app',
)

v0.1.2 (2009-09-02):

• Fixed a typo in settings.py

• Fixed a conflict in build_media between handling non-namespaced app media and other files with the same relative path.

v0.1.1 (2009-09-02):

• Added README with a bit of documentation :)

v0.1.0 (2009-09-02):

• Initial checkin from Pinax’ source.

• Will create the STATIC_ROOT directory if not existent.