Re: Working with static media files, {{ MEDIA_URL }} shows up blank even with settings.py set

Thanks everyone, the problem was indeed not using the RequestContext,
using Context does not automatically include some useful variables
which are retrieved from TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS that includes
MEDIA_URL as stated above.

Thanks again!

On Dec 28, 5:31 pm, dmitry b <dmitry.ma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> you need to be also using RequestContext in your view instead of the
> regular Context.  What does your view method's return statement look
> like?
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> On Dec 28, 7:02 am, Lee Connell <lee.a.conn...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > I didn't have TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS at all, I copied the code
> > and it did not help, MEDIA_URL is still blank. I am using django 1.2.1
> > on windows.
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> > On Dec 28, 12:56 am, Kenneth Gonsalves <law...@thenilgiris.com> wrote:
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> > > On Mon, 2010-12-27 at 08:03 -0800, easylancer wrote:
> > > > TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
> > > >     'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
> > > >     'django.core.context_processors.debug',
> > > >     'django.core.context_processors.i18n',
> > > >     'django.core.context_processors.media',
> > > >     'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
> > > >     'django.core.context_processors.request',
> > > > )
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> > > actually only 'request' is not there - the others are present by default
> > > --
> > > regards
> > > KGhttp://lawgon.livejournal.com
> > > Coimbatore LUG roxhttp://ilugcbe.techstud.org/

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