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pythoncssdjangodjango-cms
Shiva Krishna Bavandla
Shiva Krishna Bavandla

Reputation: 26688

static url path setting in django

I am new to django, presently I am learning and trying to build a basic site with django-cms. Below are my project folder structure and code files

project_folder
    manage.py 
    main_folder 
         static
             css
                new-styles.css
             js
                new-styles.js
         templates                      
             base.html
             home.html
         media
             pic_1.gif 
             .....
         settings.py
         urls.py
         .......

settings.py

import os
PROJECT_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
DEBUG = True
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR,'media')
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR,'static')
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
TEMPLATE_DIRS = (os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR,'templates'))
TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
       'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
       'django.core.context_processors.i18n',
       'django.core.context_processors.request',
       'django.core.context_processors.media',
       'django.core.context_processors.static',
       'django.core.context_processors.debug',
       'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
       'cms.context_processors.media',
       'sekizai.context_processors.sekizai',
)
......
.......

urls.py

from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
from django.conf import settings

urlpatterns = patterns('',
            url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
            url(r'^$', ...........),               
)

if settings.DEBUG:
    urlpatterns = patterns('',
    url(r'^media/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve',{'document_root': settings.MEDIA_ROOT, 'show_indexes': True}),
    url(r'', include('django.contrib.staticfiles.urls')),
) + urlpatterns

base.html

{% load cms_tags sekizai_tags menu_tags %}
<html>
  <head>
    <title>{%block "title" %}{% endblock %}</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ STATIC_URL }}css/new-styles.css">
  {% render_block "css" %}
  </head> 
  <body>
  {% cms_toolbar %}
    {% block "base_content" %}
    {% endblock %}
  {% render_block "js" %}  
  </body>
</html>

home.html

{% extends "base.html" %}
{% load cms_tags %}
{% block "title" %}Welcome to Services{% endblock %}
{% block "base_content" %}
  <p>Hi this is paragraph</p>
  <img src="{{ MEDIA_URL }}images/promo3.jpg" />
 {% placeholder "number_one" %} 
 {% endblock %}

new-styles.css

body {  
    padding:0px; margin:0px; margin-top:40px;
        background-color:#b0c4de;
     }
p {
      background-color:#e0ffff;
  }

So above are my complete project structure and code files, but my actual problem is new-styles.css file is not working, even though I had written some css code in the file it is not linking to the template, so can anyone please let me know whats wrong and why base.html template file is unable to access the new-styles.css file, whether the path given in link tag is wrong or the path setting in the settings.py is wrong?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 14922

Answers (1)

catherine
catherine

Reputation: 22808

urls.py

from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
from django.conf.urls.static import static
from django.contrib import admin
from django.contrib.staticfiles.urls import staticfiles_urlpatterns

from project_name import settings

admin.autodiscover()

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    .....................
) + static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)

urlpatterns += staticfiles_urlpatterns()

Upvotes: 5

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