Example dev media serving

urls.py

from django.conf import settings

# Create your urlpatterns here

if settings.DEBUG:
    urlpatterns = patterns('django.views.static',
        (r'^%s/(?P<path>.*)$' % settings.MEDIA_URL.strip('/'), 'serve',
         {'document_root': settings.MEDIA_ROOT, 'show_indexes': True}),
        (r'^%s/(?P<path>.*)$' % settings.DEV_MEDIA_URL.strip('/'), 'serve',
         {'document_root': settings.GENERATED_MEDIA_DIR, 'show_indexes': True}),
        (r'^%s/(?P<path>.*)$' % settings.STATIC_URL.strip('/'), 'serve',
         {'document_root': settings.STATIC_ROOT, 'show_indexes': True}),
    ) + urlpatterns