title: Serving static media during Django development: Why not MEDIA_ROOT?
body: <p>I read <a href="http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.1/howto/static-files/" rel="noreferrer">this guide</a> about serving static media with Django during development.</p>
  
  <p>I noticed that <code>MEDIA_URL</code> and <code>MEDIA_ROOT</code> were not used in this. Why? What's the difference?</p>
  
  <p>I tried doing it with <code>MEDIA_URL</code> and <code>MEDIA_ROOT</code>, and got weird results.</p>