use of '{% load staticfiles %}' in css import

Question

Do I have to write {% load staticfiles %} when importing CSS files in my Django templates using {{ STATIC_URL }} template tag

<link href="{{ STATIC_URL }}abc/xyz/form.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> 

Answer 1

No, all you need is 'django.template.context_processors.static' included in the context_processors section of the TEMPLATES' OPTIONS in your settings.py.