How to make my css files to work in django

Question

I am new to django but have some relative skills in python. I just started building a project in django and so far I have been able to create an app within my project. Also, I h

Answer 1

Just a small demo for very basic css/img usage with the development-server: python manage.py runserver. You should not use this for production. For the user input/output you should have a look at the tutorial.

filestructure

project
  |- static
  |   |- css
  |   |   |- stuff.css
  |- media
  |   |- images
  |   |   |- love.jpg
  |- templates
  |- urls.py
  |- __init__.py
  |- manage.py
  |- settings.py

base.html

   


   
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settings.py

TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
    'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
    'django.core.context_processors.debug',
    'django.core.context_processors.i18n',
    'django.core.context_processors.media',
    'django.core.context_processors.static',
    'django.core.context_processors.request',
    'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
)

STATIC_URL = '/static/'
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'

urls.py

# example windows
(r'^media/(?P.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve',
        {'document_root': 'C:/python25/lib/site-packages/project/media/', 'show_indexes': True}),
# example *ix
(r'^static/(?P.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve',
        {'document_root': '/usr/lib/python25/site-packages/project/static/', 'show_indexes': True}),