This problem is very simple, but I just can't figure it out
added to my urlpatterns
url(r'^static/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', {'document_root': '/home/user/www/site/static'})
where my main.css is : /home/user/www/site/static/css/main.css
when I access http://localhost:8000/static/
I get: 404: Directory indexes are not allowed here.
when I access http://localhost:8000/static/css/main.css
I get: 404: 'css/main.css' could not be found
What am I doing wrong?
Fixed it:
url(r'^static/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', {'document_root': settings.STATIC_ROOT } ),
in settings.py
# Absolute path to the directory static files should be collected to.
# Don't put anything in this directory yourself; store your static files
# in apps' "static/" subdirectories and in STATICFILES_DIRS.
# Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/static/"
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(CURRENT_PATH, 'static') #=='/home/user/www/site/static'
# URL prefix for static files.
# Example: "http://media.lawrence.com/static/"
STATIC_URL = '/mystatic/'
As you can see the only thing I really changed was from STATIC_URL = '/static/' to STATIC_URL = '/mystatic/'
note: when I got to http://localhost:8000/mystatic... I get the same errors as above
I thought that STATIC_URL was supposed to be '/static/' so that you could use {{ STATIC_URL }} in your templates... I really don't understand why this fix worked and why I had to make the change that I did....
Why does this work?
If you are using the built-in development webserver (i.e. run it with manage.py runserver
), Django will take care of static files while in development.
Please note that STATIC_ROOT
is the path where Django collects static files in, rather than the path that it serves files from. You should not maintain STATIC_ROOT
yourself! You can read more on that in the Django documentation.
In general, you don't need to add django.views.static.serve
to your urls, with the built-in server.
The static files should be placed elsewhere, besides STATIC_ROOT
. You can place them either in the myapp/static
path (i.e. under the individual app static file). You can also dedicate static folder for the entire project (e.g. /path/to/project/proj_settings
) and update STATICFILES_DIRS
in settings.py
to be:
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
# Put strings here, like "/home/html/static" or "C:/www/django/static".
# Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
# Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'proj_static'),
)
Then you can place your css/main.css
file in /proj_static/css/main.css
. Django built-in webserver will server /static/
from there.
While in production, you should collect all the static files in STATIC_ROOT
, by running manage.py collectstatic
. Then you can serve that folder directly through your webserver (e.g. nginx, Apache), rather than through Django.
You should set up STATIC_URL in settings.py
In your case it have to be
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
mainly two step:
check STATIC_ROOT path:
Does the file exist? /home/user/www/site/static/css/main.css if not, you shoud run "python manage.py collectstatic" to copy static file to STATIC_ROOT path if "collectstatic" can't copy css files to STATIC_ROOT path, then shoud check source css path in "STATICFILES_DIRS"in develope env, (use runserver to start web server), make sure:
a) settings.py: INSTALLED_APPS include: 'django.contrib.staticfiles' b) urls.py: urlpatterns += staticfiles_urlpatterns()
I guess you not config step 2.b . your method should ok, but it is hardcoded,
url(r'^static/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', {'document_root': settings.STATIC_ROOT } ),
In django's document it already be mentioned:
from django.contrib.staticfiles.urls import staticfiles_urlpatterns
urlpatterns += staticfiles_urlpatterns()
来源:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6363728/why-cant-i-get-my-static-dir-to-work-with-django-1-3