CODEWITHSUNDEEP
djangotwitter-bootstrapdjango-modelsdjango-templatesdjango-settings
micgeronimo
micgeronimo

Reputation: 2149

Unable to load static files

I've added in settings.py following:

BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '/static/')

in urls.py:

urlpatterns = patterns('^/static/$',
# ... the rest of your URLconf goes here ...
url(r'^$', home, name='home'),
url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls))
) + static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)

in models.py:

 class Search(models.Model):
  question = models.URLField()
  query = models.CharField(max_length=255)

in views.py:

def home(request):
print ' base dir %s' % BASE_DIR
print ' static dir %s' % STATIC_URL
form = SearchForm()
return render_to_response('base.html', {'form': form},
                          context_instance=RequestContext(request))

and templates/base.html:

 {% load staticfiles %}
            <head>
                <link href="{{ STATIC_URL }}bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen">
                <script src="{{ STATIC_URL }}bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
                <title>Walker</title>
            </head>
            <body>
            <div class="container">
                <div class="row">
                    <div class="col-md-6 col-md-offset-3">
                    <div class="form-group">
                <form name="query">
                {{ form.as_p }}
                </form>
                        </div>
                        </div>
                        </div>
                            </div>
            </body>

I ran ./manage.py collectstatic with no porblems, folder static being created.

When I execute ./manage.py runserver I can see in terminal this error: base dir home/my/code/walker static dir /static/

"GET /static/bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js HTTP/1.1" 404 1691

Template loading correctly. But bootstrap do not

Several hour can noot figure out what I need to do

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1979

Answers (1)

cziemba
cziemba

Reputation: 664

If you store static files in locations other than app/static I think you need to specify STATICFILES_DIRS in your settings.py otherwise they will not be collected:

STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    "/path/to/static", #collectstatic will find any app/static directories so do not add those here
)

By default it is empty.

Additionally, specify static files using href="{% static 'my-static.css' %}" instead of {{ STATIC_URL }}

You can also use findstatic to check if your static files are able to be located by the server.

Upvotes: 2

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