Confusion in Django admin, static and media files

Question

I\'m relatively new to Django (1.4) and I\'m having a hard time understanding the philosophy behind static, media, and admin files. The structure of the project is different

Answer 1

My config is:

1.settings.py

    # Absolute filesystem path to the directory that will hold user-uploaded files.
    # Example: "/var/www/example.com/media/"
    MEDIA_ROOT='/media/'

    # URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use a
    # trailing slash.
    # Examples: "http://example.com/media/", "http://media.example.com/"
    MEDIA_URL = '/media/'

    # Absolute path to the directory static files should be collected to.
    # Don't put anything in this directory yourself; store your static files
    # in apps' "static/" subdirectories and in STATICFILES_DIRS.
    # Example: "/var/www/example.com/static/"
    STATIC_ROOT = '/static/'

    # URL prefix for static files.
    # Example: "http://example.com/static/", "http://static.example.com/"
    STATIC_URL = '/static/'


    # Additional locations of static files
    STATICFILES_DIRS = (
        '/'.join(__file__.split(os.sep)[0:-2]+['static']),
        # Put strings here, like "/home/html/static" or "C:/www/django/static".
        # Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
        # Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
    )

    # List of finder classes that know how to find static files in
    # various locations.
    STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
        'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
        'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
    #    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.DefaultStorageFinder',
    )

2.urls.py

    from django.conf import settings
    if settings.DEBUG:
       from django.contrib.staticfiles.urls import staticfiles_urlpatterns
       urlpatterns += staticfiles_urlpatterns()

AND my site dir is like this:

    root
    │  manage.py
    │
    ├─media
    ├─my_django_py3
    │    settings.py
    │    urls.py
    │    views.py
    │    wsgi.py
    │    __init__.py
    │
    ├─static
    │      9gq05.jpg
    │      ajax.js
    │      favicon.gif
    │
    ├─templates
    └─utils