Make local file uploads work in dev environment

envs/common.py

@@ -135,13 +135,13 @@ STATIC_ROOT = ENV_ROOT / "staticfiles" # We don't run collectstatic -- this is t
 
 # FIXME: We should iterate through the courses we have, adding the static 
 #        contents for each of them. (Right now we just use symlinks.)
-STATICFILES_DIRS = (
+STATICFILES_DIRS = [
     PROJECT_ROOT / "static",
     ASKBOT_ROOT / "askbot" / "skins",
 
 # This is how you would use the textbook images locally
 #    ("book", ENV_ROOT / "book_images")
-)
+]
 
 # Locale/Internationalization
 TIME_ZONE = 'America/New_York' # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name

envs/dev.py

@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ DEBUG_TOOLBAR_PANELS = (
 ############################ FILE UPLOADS (ASKBOT) #############################
 DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'django.core.files.storage.FileSystemStorage'
 MEDIA_ROOT = ENV_ROOT / "uploads"
-MEDIA_URL = "/discussion/upfiles/"
+MEDIA_URL = "/static/uploads/"
+STATICFILES_DIRS.append(("uploads", MEDIA_ROOT))
 FILE_UPLOAD_TEMP_DIR = ENV_ROOT / "uploads"
 FILE_UPLOAD_HANDLERS = (
     'django.core.files.uploadhandler.MemoryFileUploadHandler',