added ignore_missing optional parameter to the media resolver

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/askbot/skins/loaders.py b/askbot/skins/loaders.py
index 04c398bc..13c18a62 100644
--- a/askbot/skins/loaders.py
+++ b/askbot/skins/loaders.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class SkinEnvironment(CoffinEnvironment):
         or empty string - depending on the existence of file
         SKIN_PATH/media/style/extra.css
         """
-        url = utils.get_media_url('style/extra.css')
+        url = utils.get_media_url('style/extra.css', ignore_missing = True)
         if url is not None:
             return '<link href="%s" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />' % url
         return ''
diff --git a/askbot/skins/utils.py b/askbot/skins/utils.py
index 5c9a7a7c..1f2148e6 100644
--- a/askbot/skins/utils.py
+++ b/askbot/skins/utils.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def resolve_skin_for_media(media=None, preferred_skin = None):
             return skin_name
     raise MediaNotFound(media)
 
-def get_media_url(url):
+def get_media_url(url, ignore_missing = False):
     """returns url prefixed with the skin name
     of the first skin that contains the file 
     directories are searched in this order:
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def get_media_url(url):
                                     '///', '/'
                                 )
             return url_copy
-        else:
+        elif ignore_missing == False:
             logging.critical('missing media resource %s' % url)
 
     #2) if it does not exist in uploaded files directory - look in skins