Czaro, to better understand the problem it will be good if you could tell
us something more about how are you calling your css files from your
templates and where are they located. I will also assume Django 1.4 to tell
you some tips (mostly already covered).
- Set your STATIC_ROOT.
I use STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'public/static') where
PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)). This gives me
the folder where the settings file is, which is the "project level" folder.
I use the public subfolder to put the static and media folders.
- Set your STATICFILES_FINDERS so it can find your files if you have
them on your apps.
If they are in your apps the AppDirectoriesFinder will look on a static
folder within the app. It's usually good to have a subfolder with the same
name of the app (app_name/static/app_name) so there won't be collisions
when you do the collectstatic operation.
- In your templates you can
1. <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{{ STATIC_URL
}}/styles.css" />
But you have to check if your static template context processor is
there *django.core.context_processors.static* (I think it is by
default).
2. Using a template tag (which is more... template-friendly? It reads
better I believe):
{% load staticfiles %}<link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static "
styles.css" %}" type="text/css" />
- When you are on the builtin development server, Django will take care
of looking where the file is. You only need the collectstatic operation on
production time because if you do it one time, for example, django will
default to that file first (I think), serving you maybe an old copy of the
file. Collect static looks with the finders for the static files and copy
them onto the STATIC_ROOT.
- If you are using another development server (like apache) and you
haven't pointed the static files from there you can add some tricks to the
urls.py
file
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/howto/static-files/#serving-static-files-in-development
and django will serve them too. For the built in runserver command it does
it by default so you don't have to modify anything.
I think that's all. Let us know how did it go.
El domingo, 6 de enero de 2013 10:43:49 UTC-3, bb6xt escribió:
>
> On Sunday 06 January 2013 11:49:46 AM
> django...@googlegroups.com<javascript:>wrote:
>
> Czaro Jan 05 06:12PM -0800 I've been trying to get my CSS to work with
> my python powered site forever but I have no luck. I read the djangobook
> and a massive load of other resources but they all say a different thing
> and nothing worked for me. I would appreciate a few helpful steps on how to
> get my CSS to work. Some details: I;m in development mode. I'm using
> runserver and when i run it I only see the HTML and not the CSS. I'm also
> not sure if my CSS files need to be hosted on a separate server. Any help
> will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!1 Nikolas Stevenson-Molnar
> Jan 05 07:06PM -0800 In a production environment, yes your static files
> (incl CSS) will need to be served outside of Django (can be on the same
> server, but it's generally recommended to use a separate serve or CDN). On
> your local development server (where you're using the runserver command),
> you can use the built-in staticfiles app. This document will give you the
> full rundown: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/howto/static-files/
> Essentially, you add staticfiles to your installed apps in your settings,
> tell it where to find your static content on disk, and then use {{
> STATIC_URL }} in your templates. _Nik On 1/5/2013 6:12 PM, Czaro wrote:
>
>
>
> Hi Czaro,
>
>
>
> I am assuming the following directory structure and django 1.4 or higher:
>
> myproject/
>
> manage.py
>
> myproject/
>
> __init__.py
>
> settings.py
>
> urls.py
>
> wsgi.py
>
> appname/
>
> __init__.py
>
> models.py
>
> tests.py
>
> views.py
>
> static/
>
> appname/
>
> mystyle.css
>
>
>
> Like Nikolas said, ensure that 'django.contrib.staticfiles' is in the
> installed apps, 'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder'
> is in the STATICFILES_FINDERS and STATIC_ROOT points to the absolute path
> to the directory where your static files should be collected to (eg
> STATIC_ROOT = '/home/user/dj_static/'). Also be sure that your css file is
> stored according to the above directory structure (in this case I named it
> 'mystyle.css'). Now, just leave your STATIC_URL pointing to '/static/' (the
> default). In your template, say in the head section, put <link href="{{
> STATIC_URL }}/appname/mystyle.css" rel="stylesheet"></link>. Finally, run
> '$python manage.py collectstatic' in the shell, when prompted type 'yes',
> now run '$python manage.py runserver'. Goto the page in your browser.
>
>
>
> Hope this was helpful.
>
>
>
> --Ab
>
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