Correct way to serve static user-uploaded files for django-adminfiles

I am trying to add django-adminfiles to one of my django projects (a zinnia blog).

I am using Django 1.3 with the following configuration :

# setttings.py
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(current_dir, 'static_collected')
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    '/path/to/myproject/src/django-adminfiles/adminfiles/media',
...)

# urls.py
urlpatterns += staticfiles_urlpatterns()
urlpatterns += patterns('',
    url(r'^adminfiles/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', 
    {'document_root': os.path.join(parent_dir, 'adminfiles')}),)

I then run bin/manage collecstatic to collect static files (I am using buildout with djangorecipe).

I can then upload files using the admin interface but thumbnails neither appear in the admin interface nor in the public website and I have 404 errors in django's output :

# If I go to the admin interface at /admin/zinnia/entry/2/
[21/Sep/2011 09:39:16] "GET /adminfiles/all/adminfiles/fluxboxwall_jpg_144x150_q85.jpg HTTP/1.1" 404 1886
[21/Sep/2011 09:39:16] "GET /adminfiles/all/adminfiles/DD_jpg_144x150_q85.jpg HTTP/1开发者_运维技巧.1" 404 1859

# If I visit my public located at /blog
[21/Sep/2011 09:36:02] "GET /blog/adminfiles/fluxboxwall.jpg HTTP/1.1" 404 6758
# This file can be accessed through /adminfiles/fluxwall.jpg
[21/Sep/2011 09:36:02] "GET /blog/adminfiles/DD.jpg HTTP/1.1" 404 6731
# This file can be accessed through /adminfiles/DD.jpg

I can make django-adminfiles work by adding slashes in its templates :

templates/adminfiles/uploader.html, line 37, for the thumbnails in the admin interface

<li class="item {{f.content_type}} {{f.sub_type}}" {% if f.is_image %}style="background-image:url(/{% thumbnail f.upload 144x150 %});"{% else %}{% if f.mime_image %}style="background-image:url({{ f.mime_image }});"{% endif %}{% endif %}>

templates/adminfiles/default.html, line 2, to have my pictures displayed in my public blog

<img src="/{{ upload.upload.url }}" width="{{ upload.width }}" height="{{ upload.height }}" class="{{ options.class }}" alt="{% if options.alt %}{{ options.alt }}{% else %}{{ upload.title }}{% endif %}" />

However, I think I shouldn't have to hack templates to make django-adminfiles work. I have a feeling that something is wrong in my django configuration but I don't know what.

You have a "small" mess in here IMHO.

From what I undestand if you setup STATIC_URL = '/static/' then this must be the umbrella for all your static files like:

/static/blog/a_public_file.jpg
/static/adminfiles/DD.jpg
/static/other/app/file.jpg

Also remember you can add static files finders https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/staticfiles/#staticfiles-finders and you can already have that setting, sometimes using STATICFILES_DIRS is confusing.

I suggest you to review all your static files setup from scratch before going any further.