Clearer mile-high description of migrating to staticfiles in 1.3 release notes.

:setting:`MEDIA_ROOT` along with user-uploaded files, and serve them both at

:setting:`MEDIA_URL`. Part of the purpose of introducing the ``staticfiles``

app is to make it easier to keep static files separate from user-uploaded

files. For this reason, you will probably want to make your

:setting:`MEDIA_ROOT` and :setting:`MEDIA_URL` different from your

:setting:`STATIC_ROOT` and :setting:`STATIC_URL`. You will need to

arrange for serving of files in :setting:`MEDIA_ROOT` yourself;

``staticfiles`` does not deal with user-uploaded media at all.

files. Static assets should now go in ``static/`` subdirectories of your apps

or in "project-wide" static directories listed in :setting:`STATICFILES_DIRS`,

and will be served at :setting:`STATIC_URL`.

See the :doc:`reference documentation of the app </ref/contrib/staticfiles>`

for more details or learn how to :doc:`manage static files