From f7795e968dd07323aa5bd16f9da0e60d97a75d0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Graham Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 06:01:51 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed #17935 - Clarified intro of topics/files.txt. Thanks guettli for the suggestion. --- docs/topics/files.txt | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/topics/files.txt b/docs/topics/files.txt index 94685f9bc7..c36094a599 100644 --- a/docs/topics/files.txt +++ b/docs/topics/files.txt @@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ Managing files ============== -This document describes Django's file access APIs. +This document describes Django's file access APIs for files such as those +uploaded by a user. The lower level APIs are general enough that you could use +them for other purposes. If you want to handle "static files" (JS, CSS, etc), +see :doc:`/howto/static-files`. By default, Django stores files locally, using the :setting:`MEDIA_ROOT` and :setting:`MEDIA_URL` settings. The examples below assume that you're using these