Naming issue with static files in standard urlpattern

[thomas.m.magee@…]

I am using Django 1.0.2.

The Django book suggests that django users put the following in their urlconf to support static files:

(r'^{site_media/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve',}

{'document_root': '/path/to/media'}),

In the development server this makes static resources accessible at ​http://127.0.0.1:8000/site_media/

And this works well. However, if you change "site_media" to "media" as follows:

(r'^{media/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve',}

{'document_root': '/path/to/media'}),

The django development server responds with a 404 error for all requests to ​http://127.0.0.1:8000/media/

[Karen Tracey]

"media" is the default used by ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX:

​http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#admin-media-prefix

So if you want to use "media" for your site media, you need to also change ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX to something else -- you can't use the same prefix for both admin media and your own static files.

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