Using Dynamic MEDIA_ROOT and TEMPLATE_DIRS #

Bad (Default)#

In settings.py don’t write MEDIA_ROOT and TEMPLATE_DIRS as below (which is the default)

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TEMPLATE_DIRS = ( "/home/html/project/templates",)
MEDIA_ROOT = "/home/html/project/appmedia/"

This will cause you no end of trouble as you switch platforms, attempt to have multiple instances installed on the same machine, etc.

Good#

Use the following instead -

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SITE_ROOT = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(SITE_ROOT, 'appmedia')
TEMPLATE_DIRS = ( os.path.join(SITE_ROOT, 'templates'),)