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Asked: 2026-05-21T17:45:23+00:00

I’ve recently have taken a new server under my wing that has an interesting

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I’ve recently have taken a new server under my wing that has an interesting installation of django on it. The previous developer mixed in the media uploads with the static content and in other modules created it’s own directory on the root file level of the project. My first reaction to this was general annoyance. ( I’m a huge fan of modular development. ) However after working to ‘correct,’ it’s raised a question.

Even though this question is tagged with django, feel free to post response according to java and asp.net.

How do you set up your static files? Do you stack everything inside a static directory or do you take the time link each modular independently?

One of my tricks for every django app I start is, in the init.py of said app I put the following.

import os
from django.conf import settings as djsettings
TEMPLATES_DIR = (os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),'./templates'),)
djsettings.TEMPLATES_DIR += TEMPLATES_DIR
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  1. Editorial Team

    I don’t think your trick is really needed (anymore).

    If you use django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader (docs)
    you can put a template dir in your app dir and Django will check it for your app-specific templates

    And starting with Django 1.3 you can use the staticfiles app to do something similar with all your static media files. Check the docs for the staticfiles-finders

    So finally, thanks to the collectstatic management command, you’re now able to keep your static media files modularized (for easier development and distribution), yet you still can bundle them at a centralized place once it is time to deploy and serve your project.

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