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authorTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2014-07-03 09:20:03 -0400
committerTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2014-07-03 09:38:52 -0400
commitf99267e5e6779d192959569155846f8b0ca5eb07 (patch)
treeeb20bdb2bf3fd541a918927b089302a303e7756b /docs/ref
parent0b2a36ecf787620ff96c6a342c11a9c39bcfc41b (diff)
[1.7.x] Fixed #22924 -- Added a note about MEDIA_URL in templates.
Thanks raphael.herouart at gmail.com Backport of 814bcc3395 from master
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@@ -1728,6 +1728,11 @@ for :doc:`managing stored files </topics/files>`. It must end in a slash if set
to a non-empty value. You will need to :ref:`configure these files to be served
<serving-uploaded-files-in-development>` in both development and production.
+In order to use ``{{ MEDIA_URL }}`` in your templates, you must have
+``'django.core.context_processors.media'`` in your
+:setting:`TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS`. It's there by default, but be sure
+to include it if you override that setting and want this behavior.
+
Example: ``"http://media.example.com/"``
.. warning::