CODEWITHSUNDEEP
django
broinjc
broinjc

Reputation: 2699

Where to put templates and static assets for deployment

Where should I put all my static assets for deployment? Currently I have this in my settings.py

if DEBUG:
    MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
    STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(BASE_DIR), "static", "static_only")
    MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(BASE_DIR), "static", "media")
    STATICFILES_DIRS = (
        os.path.join(os.path.dirname(BASE_DIR), "static", "static"),
    )

Here's my directory structure on my local machine:

├── env       
├── src    
|   ├── esp_project
|   ├── reports
|   └── templates
|       ├── registration
|       └── reports
└── static
    └── static
        └── css
        ├── js
        └── img

From the docs I understand they should be served by apache2, not by python. Could someone clarify this? And what about templates, are those in the "right" place?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 113

Answers (1)

Shaun
Shaun

Reputation: 69

For your templates you can make a new folder in you main static directory.

In your settings.py you can set the path like this. 

TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
    os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'static', 'templates'),
    )

You can also add in template loaders to your settings.py. 

TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (

    'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
    'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',

)

Now Django will look in static/static/templates for your templates (which are static files).

The rest looks good just make sure you have STATIC_URL = '/static/' above if Debug:

See: Django Project Loading Templates

Upvotes: 1

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