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+This directory is used to store static assets for your project. User media files
+(FileFields/ImageFields) are not stored here.
+
+The convention for this directory is:
+
+ * css/ — stores CSS files
+ * js/ — stores Javascript files
+ * img/ — stores image files
+ 
+This directory is accessed at /site_media/static/ in runserver when SERVE_MEDIA
+is True. It is built with build_static for production environments.
+
+See http://pinaxproject.com/docs/dev/media.html for more information.
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