Hi, Using a static directory like that on the development server sounds wrong and you'll most probably have issues when the site goes live.
>From what you said, it looks like you are confusing STATICFILES_DIRS and >STATICFILES_ROOT. Regards, Xavier. Le 27 sept. 2011 à 05:29, nara a écrit : > Good news, my static files finally work. (I wanted to make > one last try before giving up). Bottom line, I did not > have to make any changes to my original settings.py or urls.py. > All I did: created a static dir. under my app's directory, placed > the css files under it, and put '/static/css/blueprint/screen.css' to > refer to the external css. That was it. > > Here is the head section of my template file, list.html: > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> > <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/blueprint/screen.css" > type="text/css" media="screen, projection"> > <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/blueprint/print.css" > type="text/css" media="print"> > <!--[if lt IE 8]> > <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/blueprint/ie.css" > type="text/css" media="screen, projection"> > <![endif]--> > > > Thanks > Nara > > On Sep 26, 6:02 pm, nara <nar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Xavier, >> >> I followed the blog, and at the end, my css files were not getting >> pulled in. >> I then tried doing a ./manage.py collectstatic, and this does collect >> all >> static files. Unfortunately, running the server still does not serve >> my >> css files. >> >> I have spent too many cycles on this issue now. I will go back to my >> workaround of just placing css inline in the templates, and later, >> use Apache on my local machine to serve the css files. >> >> Thanks >> Nara >> >> On Sep 25, 2:44 pm, Xavier Ordoquy <xordo...@linovia.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Hi, >> >>>> I have read and followed the docs on static files. >>>> django.contrib.staticfiles is in INSTALLED_APPS >>>> (by default), and I have set STATICFILES_DIRS to where my static files >>>> are (/home/nara/media). (I have >>>> tried with and without a slash at the end of this absolute file path). >> >>> Static files aren't media. You should keep them separated. >> >>>> I am confused about whether ./manage.py collectstatic is a necessary >>>> step for static files to work, I didn't think so, and have not done >>>> that. >> >>> It isn't if you aren't on production stage (ie, DEBUG=False). >> >>> I have started a post on how to setup static files. It isn't finished yet >>> but might help you to set it >>> up:http://www.linovia.com/blog/django-staticfiles-howto/ >> >>> Regards, >>> Xavier. > > -- > 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.
