Django管理，静态和媒体文件混乱

I'm relatively new to Django (1.4) and I'm having a hard time understanding the philosophy behind static, media, and admin files. The structure of the project is different from one tutorial to another, and same thing for Webfaction(where I'll be hosting my application). I would like to know what is the optimal way to organize it and with least pain and editing while deploying it to Webfaction, what is the point of static media, adn admin files? Thank you in advanceI'm relatively new to Django (1.4) and I'm havi