Django serving static files locally

Question

It\'s been a while since I\'ve setup django to work locally. I\'m using version 1.11. Getting it to serve the static files. My project is called chatsys

Answer 1

Move your static folder under the base dir

• chatsys
  • migrations
  • templates
  • etc.
• static
  • css
    • style.css

Answer 2

You should define STATICFILES_DIRS and include your project's static directory there.

STATICFILES_DIRS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')]

These are the directories that Django collects static files from.

You should then change STATIC_ROOT to be a different directory. It is the directory that collectstatic collects static files to. The static root should not be under version control.

As an aside, you are loading the static tag in your template but not using it. You could change it to:

{% load static %}
...
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% static 'css/style.css' %}">