This folder is NOT LINKED IN TO troggle /jslib/ is read by troggle /js/ is NOT read by troggle settings.JSLIB_URL == /JAVASCRIPT/ http://localhost:8000/pathsreport to check JSLIB_ROOT /mnt/c/EXPO/troggle/media/jslib JSLIB_URL /javascript/ links to JS files are in the ../templates/*.html files but _also_, and peculiarly, in the troggle/admin.py files e.g. class TroggleModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin): def save_model(self, request, obj, form, change): """overriding admin save to fill the new_since parsing_field""" obj.new_since_parsing=True obj.save() class Media: js = ('jquery/jquery.min.js','js/QM_helper.js') NB any *Admin class is used in the Django control panel only. templates/editentrance.html: {% extends "cavebase.html" %} {% block title %}Edit Entrance{% endblock %} {% block extraheaders %} {% endblock %} {% block content %} etc {% endblock %}