Question

I have just started using django-cms so please forgive my newbieness.

1. Every time i try to upload a file in the admin area, for example an
   image file using cmsplugin_filer_file’ / cmsplugin_filer_image it
   comes up as undefined in the clipboard area. It’s strange because
   the running dots appear as if it is loading the image then bang image
   undefined. It allows me to create folders but I cannot view uploaded
   files.

   On closer inspection the image has been uploaded to a directory
   under today’s date in media / filer dir (i.e media/filer/2012/03/27) however, no files are
   displayed in admin. Could it be a
   problem related to easy thumbnails and it is in fact that the
   thumbnail doesn’t display?

2. Also, would you recommend using the default django-cms filer and image plug-ins
   instead? It says in the documentation that it only works for local
   storages, does this mean that you will not be able to upload files
   from your local computer in to your application in a production / shared hosting setting?

I would be very grateful for any help with these two questions.

Thanks

        SETTINGS
    MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_PATH, "media")
    MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
    STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_PATH, "static")
    STATIC_URL = '/static/'
    ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = '/static/admin/'
THUMBNAIL_PROCESSORS = (
    'easy_thumbnails.processors.colorspace',
    'easy_thumbnails.processors.autocrop',
    #'easy_thumbnails.processors.scale_and_crop',
    'filer.thumbnail_processors.scale_and_crop_with_subject_location',
    'easy_thumbnails.processors.filters',
)
    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        'django.contrib.auth',
        'django.contrib.contenttypes',
        'django.contrib.sessions',
        'django.contrib.sites',
        'django.contrib.messages',
        'django.contrib.staticfiles',
        'django.contrib.admin',
        'easy_thumbnails',
        'cms',
        'mptt',
        'menus',
        'south',
        'sekizai',
        'filer',
        'cmsplugin_filer_file',
        'cmsplugin_filer_folder',
        'cmsplugin_filer_image',
        'cmsplugin_filer_teaser',
        'cmsplugin_filer_video',    
        'cms.plugins.twitter',
        'cms.plugins.text',
        'cms.plugins.flash',
        'cms.plugins.googlemap',
        'cms.plugins.link',

    URLS
    from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
    from django.contrib import admin
    from django.conf import settings

    admin.autodiscover()

    urlpatterns = patterns('',
        (r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
        url(r'^', include('cms.urls')),
    )

    if settings.DEBUG:
        urlpatterns = patterns('',
        url(r'^media/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve',
            {'document_root': settings.MEDIA_ROOT, 'show_indexes': True}),
        url(r'', include('django.contrib.staticfiles.urls')),
    ) + urlpatterns

Answer 1

Yep Timmy O’Mahony was correct. A JS directory was missing. Firebug sorted it.