Try this way which works well.
create folder static_media in project.
In urls.py give below url
(r'^static_media/(?P<path>.*)','django.views.static.serve',
{'document_root':'static_media'}),
in settings give,
MEDIA_URL = '/static_media/'
it should work.
On Aug 1, 6:17 am, Gchorn <guillaumech...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I'm using Django to develop a website, and I'm having trouble getting
> it to see my static files. I've looked through Django's static file
> documentation and the steps I've taken to get Django to see my files
> (using a CSS file as an example) are as follows:
>
> First, I created a folder called "static" inside the main app folder
> for this project. Then, I added "/static/" to the STATIC_URLS section
> of the settings.py file, and I also added the full path to my CSS file
> under the STATICFILES_DIRS section of settings.py.
>
> Then I added the line:
>
> from django.template import RequestContext, loader
>
> As well as "context_instance= RequestContext(request)" as a third
> argument to the "return render_to_response()" call.
>
> Finally, in my url.py file, I added this line at the top:
>
> from django.contrib.staticfiles.urls import staticfiles_urlpatterns
>
> And this line at the bottom (separate from the initial "urlpatterns =
> patterns()" call):
>
> urlpatterns += staticfiles_urlpatterns()
>
> In my HTML/Django template, I added the following link to my CSS file:
>
> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href={{ STATIC_DIRS }} />
>
> But then after all of this, when I perform a "python manage.py
> runserver" to preview the website, Django still does not appear to
> find the external CSS file. I must still be missing something but I'm
> not sure what--does anyone know???
>
> I'm sure I'm missing something very basic but I'm a total beginner so
> please be patient with me, I probably need a lot of very specific
> instructions...
>
> thanks,
> Guillaume
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