Setup locations for media, static files and templates.

We create a resonable hierarchy for both static and templates.

For static files, put them into separate directories by type of object.

This means things can easily be extended to include pdfs, files, etc.

For templates categorise them where they are likely to be used.
This may have issues with 'pdf' and 'csv' templates which can end up
being used in both email and web views. But those are not as common.

We have 'templates/www' prioritise first so that Django will look for
403, 404 and 500 templates there first. Otherwise they will need to be
in the root ('templates') folder.

Finally, we use 'docroot' as the place to collect all static files into.

'docroot' is useful in the local and self-deployment cases. When
deploying to PaaS providers it is something you will want to
re-consider.

paas/settings/base.py

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 
 # Absolute filesystem path to the directory that will hold user-uploaded files.
 # Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/media/"
-MEDIA_ROOT = ''
+MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'media')
 
 # URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use a
 # trailing slash.
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 # 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/"
-STATIC_ROOT = ''
+STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'docroot')
 
 # URL prefix for static files.
 # Example: "http://media.lawrence.com/static/"
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
     # Put strings here, like "/home/html/static" or "C:/www/django/static".
     # Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
     # Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
+    os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'static'),
 )
 
 # List of finder classes that know how to find static files in
@@ -121,6 +122,8 @@
     # Put strings here, like "/home/html/django_templates" or "C:/www/django/templates".
     # Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
     # Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
+    os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'templates', 'www',),
+    os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'templates',),
 )
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = (