Hi All, It's been a couple of days since I last wrote and no response so I'm trying again (see below). Please help if you can; without being able to link to external static files I really can't do anything else with my site. CSS is the very least of my concerns--worst case I can include that info in each HTML file--but I need to be able to use some basic javascript for my site and right now, because of this issue, I can't even do that. Is there anyone who could help me troubleshoot this? Anyone??
thanks, Guillaume On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Guillaume Chorn <guillaumech...@gmail.com>wrote: > Ok, so I did use quotes in my link, and I changed my STATIC_URL setting (in > settings.py) from '/static/' to 'http://127.0.0.1:8000/static/' (I am > currently using the built-in development server at this address), but still > no luck. > > I'm not sure exactly what you mean by my "staticfiles settings." (Sorry, > once again I'm a total beginner so please bear with me.) My current > settings related to static files in 'settings.py' are as follows: > > STATIC_ROOT = '' > STATIC_URL = 'http://127.0.0.1:8000/static/' > ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = '/static/admin/' > STATICFILES_DIRS = > ('/Users/guillaumechorn/Documents/website/mainapp/static') > > STATICFILES_FINDERS = ( > 'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder', > 'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder' > ) > > Below are the full contents of my urls.py file: > > from django.conf.urls.defaults import * > > from django.contrib.staticfiles.urls import staticfiles_urlpatterns > from django.contrib import admin > admin.autodiscover() > > urlpatterns = patterns('', > (r'^home/$','mainapp.views.homepage'), > (r'^mainapp/$','mainapp.views.index'), > (r'^mainapp/(?P<company_id>\d+)/$', 'mainapp.views.detail'), > (r'^products/$','mainapp.views.productindex'), > (r'^products/(?P<product_id>\d+)/$','mainapp.views.productdetail'), > (r'^news/$','mainapp.views.news'), > (r'^events/(?P<event_id>\d+)/$','mainapp.views.eventdetail'), > (r'^partners/$','mainapp.views.partners'), > (r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)), > ) > urlpatterns += staticfiles_urlpatterns() > > Once again, I'm using the following to link to my CSS file: > > <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href='{{ STATIC_URL > }}stylesheet.css' /> > > Am I still missing something? Did I enter in anything incorrectly? > > thanks, > Guillaume > > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Thomas Orozco > <g.orozco.tho...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Last thing, I made a typo, the address you could use should start with >> http, like: http://127.0.0.1/static/ >> Le 2 août 2011 12:01, "Thomas Orozco" <g.orozco.tho...@gmail.com> a >> écrit : >> >> > A little detail, but you never know: you should put some ' ' in your >> link. >> > Like this : >> > >> > <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href='{{ STATIC_ >> > URL }}stylesheet.css' /> >> > >> > >> > If there are spaces in your path, this could cause the lookup to fail. >> > >> > And even if that's not the case, don't rely on the user's browser to fix >> > coding mistakes. >> > Le 2 août 2011 10:28, "Guillaume Chorn" <guillaumech...@gmail.com> a >> écrit : >> >> Thomas and Lokesh, >> >> >> >> Thanks very much for your help. I've modified the link in my HTML file >> to >> >> be: >> >> >> >> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href={{ STATIC_URL >> }}stylesheet.css >> >> /> >> >> >> >> where "stylesheet" is the name of the CSS file, and this file is >> located >> >> inside the directory listed under STATIC_DIRS in my settings.py file. >> As >> >> mentioned in my prior email, I also already have STATIC_URL = >> '/static/' >> > in >> >> my settings.py file, and I have the correct methods listed under >> >> STATICFILES_FINDERS. >> >> >> >> But it is still not working. Do I have a syntax error somewhere? Or am >> I >> >> still missing something in another file? >> >> >> >> thanks, >> >> Guillaume >> >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 6:45 PM, Thomas Orozco < >> g.orozco.tho...@gmail.com >> >>wrote: >> >> >> >>> If your css file is locatedr in your staticfiles dir, you should use >> >>> something such as {{ STATIC_URL }}main.css, assuming your CSS file is >> > called >> >>> main and is located in one of the STATIC_DIRS. >> >>> >> >>> Using staticfiles_dirs in a template makes no sense. Not only your are >> >>> passing a parameter that has to do with your system configuration and >> not >> >>> your urls, but you are also using a directory instead of a file. >> >>> >> >>> In short, it is the static_url parameter that should be passed to form >> a >> >>> URL. >> >>> Le 1 août 2011 12:17, "Gchorn" <guillaumech...@gmail.com> a écrit : >> >>> >> >>> > 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 >> >>> > >> >>> > -- >> >>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups >> >>> "Django users" group. >> >>> > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. >> >>> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> >>> django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >>> > For more options, visit this group at >> >>> http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. >> >>> > >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> >>> "Django users" group. >> >>> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. >> >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> >>> django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >>> For more options, visit this group at >> >>> http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. >> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > "Django users" group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. 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