Re: CharField vs ImageField for Logo

Hi,

There are a couple of things to think about here.

First of all - just because you put an item on your computer doesn't mean that the icon can be served. For example, if you are running windows and you enter 'C:\pictures\icon.jpg' as the source for the icon, your server won't be able to find it, because the reference 'C:\pictures\icon.jpg' doesn't mean anything for the web browser. The reason the image links you are inputting work is because they probably contain all information, ie http://www.example.com/pictures/icon.jpg.

So you can get that sorted and everything should work. HOWEVER, I really think you should use the media storage functionality of Django for this. Checkout : https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/topics/files/.

If you add the settings required (MEDIA_ROOT in the settings file) and then change you logo from a CharField to an ImageField AND upload your file via django admin, you should be able to show your file.

Regards,

Andréas

2017-09-25 14:38 GMT+02:00 tango ward <tangoward15@gmail.com>:

Hi guys, I am new to django currently stuck in these two.

I am writing my pet project which will display a Team name and their logo. I used these lines for my Team class in mode.spy


class Team(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=150)
    logo = models.CharField(null=True, max_length=1000)


    def __str__(self):
        return self.name

Problem is, I can't load the images to my html file My logo images are currently stored in my computer. The images will load properly if I grab an image link online and paste the image location to the Logo field in Admin but if I used the absolute path of the images in my computer, the images wont load. When I tried to inspect the page, I am getting "Image could not load".

Any tips please?

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