django not serving static files

Question

I\'m using Django==1.5.5 and My django app is structured as

--project/
----project/
------settings.py
------urls.py
----app1/
------models.py
--         


        

Answer 1

I had the same problem and none of the answers I found worked. It turns out that there are a few parts that must be set up correctly for static files to work. Note: I'm using django 1.6 and this solution is for development not deployment.

Setting up static file dirs

django-admin.py startproject $site_name
mkdir $site_name/static
mkdir $site_name/static/css
mkdir $site_name/static/javascript
mkdir $site_name/static/images

your folder should look like this

$site_name/
    manage.py
    $site_name/
        __init__.py
        settings.py
        urls.py
        wsgi.py
    static/
        css/
        javascript
        images/

edit the $site_name/$site_name/setting.py file and add

STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')
STATICFILES_DIRS =( os.path.join(STATIC_ROOT, 'css/'),
                    os.path.join(STATIC_ROOT, 'javascript/'),
                    os.path.join(STATIC_ROOT, 'images/')
                  )

edit $site_name/$site_name/urls.py and add

from django.conf import settings
from django.conf.urls.static import static

urlpatterns += static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)

using static urls

{% load staticfiles %}
<a href="{% static "banner.png" %}">

Answer 2

According to docs right way to load static file is

{% load staticfiles %}
<img src="{% static 'my_app/myexample.jpg' %}" alt="My image"/>

This will work

Answer 3

Only for development. Set DEBUG = True in settings.py file and add 'django.contrib.staticfiles' in INSTALLED_APPS. Next, add these lines of code to settings.py file of your project:

STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = (os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static"),)