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Re: Two simple techniques to make your Django projects ultra portable

Bartek — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:51:09 -0000

Doh, that's what I get when I am in a rush. Fixed my post up there

Re: Two simple techniques to make your Django projects ultra portable

SmileyChris — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:30:07 -0000

Note, you're still hard coding the '/' in your post. That's where you should be using os.path.join

Re: Two simple techniques to make your Django projects ultra portable

Bartek — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:47:10 -0000

Hey thanks, good to know that! I'll update my post to reflect that .. and of
course use it from now on :)

Re: Two simple techniques to make your Django projects ultra portable

SmileyChris — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:53:25 -0000

ROOT_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__)) uses join incorrectly. The point of os.path.join is to join path components in a generic way that works across operating systems: Here's what you should use:

PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.dirname(__file__) MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'media')

And a tip for your urls.py for nicely serving static files in development mode:
# Static media import sys if 'runserver' in sys.argv: ----from django.conf import settings ----urlpatterns += patterns('django.views.static', --------(r'^%s(?P<path>.*)' % settings.MEDIA_URL[1:], 'serve', {'document_root': settings.MEDIA_ROOT}), ----)
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Re: Two simple techniques to make your Django projects ultra portable

John — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:12:11 -0000

Great tips! Changing my settings files now.