The about image is now pulled from the course data directory and shown on the…

The about image is now pulled from the course data directory and shown on the homepage, about course, and dashboard. Working on a way to show other, arbitrary course images.

lms/djangoapps/courseware/courses.py

 from functools import wraps
 
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.http import Http404
 
 from xmodule.course_module import CourseDescriptor
@@ -31,3 +32,19 @@ def check_course(course_id, course_must_be_open=True, course_required=True):
             raise Http404("This course has not yet started.")
     
     return course
+
+def course_static_file_url(course, filepath):
+    """
+    Given a course and a filepath from the course's directory 
+    (like images/course_image.png), this returns the url for 
+    the static file in the form. It will be something like
+    /static/content-mit-6002x/images/course_image.png.
+    """
+    return "/".join( [settings.STATIC_URL, course.metadata['data_dir'], filepath] )
+    
+def course_image_url(course):
+    return course_static_file_url(course, "images/course_image.png")
+    
+    
+    
+    
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lms/templates/course.html

 <%namespace name='static' file='static_content.html'/>
 <%!
     from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+    from courseware.courses import course_image_url
 %>
 <%page args="course" />
 
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@
     </header>
     <section class="info">
       <div class="cover-image">
-        <img src="${static.url('images/courses/history.png')}">
+        <img src="${course_image_url(course)}">
       </div>
       <div class="desc">
         <p>${course.get_about_section('short_description')}</p>

lms/templates/portal/course_about.html

-<%! from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse %>
+<%! 
+  from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse 
+  from courseware.courses import course_image_url
+%>
 <%namespace name='static' file='../static_content.html'/>
 <%block name="js_extra">
   <script src="${static.url('js/course_info.js')}"></script>
@@ -26,7 +29,7 @@
       % if course.get_about_section("video"):
       <a href="#video-modal" class="media" rel="leanModal">
         <div class="hero">
-          <img src="${static.url('images/courses/circuits.jpeg')}" />
+          <img src="${course_image_url(course)}" />
           <div class="play-intro"></div>
         </div>
       </a>