Question

This is the new project structure (from the Django 1.4 release notes).

myproject
|-- manage.py
|-- myproject
|   |-- __init__.py
|   |-- settings.py
|   |-- urls.py
|   `-- wsgi.py
`-- polls
    |-- __init__.py
    |-- models.py
    |-- tests.py
    `-- views.py

What I am not sure about is whether I should point STATIC_ROOT to

myproject/myproject/static/ (together with settings.py, urls.py…)

OR

The top-level directory myproject/static (next to myproject, myapp1, myapp2)?

Answer 1

STATIC_ROOT is not related to Python importing, so it totally depends on you. Normally, myproject/static/, thus os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'static/') in settings, is easier.

update as San4ez suggested, and notes inside settings.py

# 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: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/static/"  

Better to put static files of the poll app into poll/static/, according to your structure.