I am using Django 1.3.1 and Python 2.7 on WinVista. I am experiencing the same problem whether on the local dev serer or when deployed to my host.

On the main page of my site static media shows:

<http://www.drugpolicyreformmovement.com>

On secondary pages CSS, images, etc. do not display:

<http://www.drugpolicyreformmovement.com/newsarchive2003>

<http://www.drugpolicyreformmovement.com/newsarchive2010>

or

<http://www.drugpolicyreformmovement.com/newsarchive2009>

The output of 'manage runserver' shows a 404 error for static media on those secondary 'newsarchive' pages. Somehow 'document\_root' is different on a secondary page as opposed to the main page, such that it looks in '/newsclippings2003/static' on those secondary pages instead of just looking in '/static' for everything as it should and like it did for the front page.

I don't know what of my URLconf is relevant to you so I have included the whole file here:

```
import os
from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
from django.views.generic import ListView, YearArchiveView
from newsclippings.models import Article
from drugpolicyreformmovement.views import ArticleYearArchiveView

# Uncomment the next two lines to enable the admin:
from django.contrib import admin
admin.autodiscover()

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    (r'^$', ListView.as_view(
       queryset = Article.objects.order_by("-date", "publication", "author", "headline"),
       context_object_name='articles',
       template_name='index.html')),
    (r'^newsarchive(?P<year>\d+)/$', ArticleYearArchiveView.as_view()),
    (r'^static/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve',
       { 'document_root' : os.path.join( os.path.dirname(__file__), 'static') }),
    # url(r'^drugpolicyreformmovement/', include('drugpolicyreformmovement.foo.urls')),

    # Uncomment the admin/doc line below to enable admin documentation:
    # url(r'^admin/doc/', include('django.contrib.admindocs.urls')),

    # Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
    (r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
)

```

Again, I think this is the problematic line:

```
(r'^static/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve',
    { 'document_root' : os.path.join( os.path.dirname(__file__), 'static') }),

```

It doesn't matter what order I put URLconf entries. This line was designed so I wouldn't have to make changes when I deploy.