Issue configuring media content on webfaction -Setting up separate media and static serving paths in webfaction

I have two types of content static content and media content. I have two apps configured on my webfaction associated with my website these are called static_app and static_media_app. This is the configuration I use

STATIC_URL = 'http://mywebsite.com/static/'
STATIC_ROOT = '/home/admin/webapps/static_app'
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
                        '/home/admin/webapps/mainFolder/mainApp/static',
                   )
PROJECT_PATH = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
MEDIA_URL = 'http://mywebsite.com/media/'
MEDIA_ROOT = '/home/admin/webapps/static_media_app'

Now whenever I run ./manage.py collectstatic the content from my media gets copied into static_app and I wanted that to be copied in static_media_app folder. Does webfaction differentiate between media and static content ? I have read this post and it states that I would have to create a media folder for my media content just like for my static content. I decided to go with this way because I was having trouble serving my media content with DEBUG = FALSE