Commit bc7668eb authored by Tim Graham's avatar Tim Graham
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Fixed #18942 -- Clarified usage of {% get_static_prefix %}. 

Thanks Aymeric for the suggestion.
parent 4a5aac47

docs/ref/settings.txt

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@@ -2628,9 +2628,7 @@ tuples, e.g.:: 
        ("downloads", "/opt/webfiles/stats"),

    )



Example:



Assuming you have :setting:`STATIC_URL` set ``'/static/'``, the

For example, assuming you have :setting:`STATIC_URL` set to ``'/static/'``, the

:djadmin:`collectstatic` management command would collect the "stats" files

in a ``'downloads'`` subdirectory of :setting:`STATIC_ROOT`.
@@ -2640,7 +2638,7 @@ This would allow you to refer to the local file 


.. code-block:: html+django



    <a href="{{ STATIC_URL }}downloads/polls_20101022.tar.gz">

    <a href="{% static "downloads/polls_20101022.tar.gz" %}">



.. setting:: STATICFILES_STORAGE

docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt

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.. highlight:: html+django



If you're not using :class:`~django.template.RequestContext`, or if you need

more control over exactly where and how :setting:`STATIC_URL` is injected

into the template, you can use the :ttag:`get_static_prefix` template tag

instead::

You should prefer the :ttag:`static` template tag, but if you need more control

over exactly where and how :setting:`STATIC_URL` is injected into the template,

you can use the :ttag:`get_static_prefix` template tag::



    {% load static %}

    <img src="{% get_static_prefix %}images/hi.jpg" alt="Hi!" />