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Why django admin page does not have any css included?

My problem is that when I set the DEBUG in settings.py file to False and add the localhost to ALLOWED_HOSTS, then my admin page gets empty of css.
I want to solve the issue and know why it happens
I have tried running the collectstatic command I don't get any error however, the problem still exists
`DEBUG = False
ALLOWED_HOSTS = [
'localhost',
'127.0.0.1'
]`

place this code in your settings.py, then you have the collectstatic
update Try this way for your project.:
urlpatterns = patterns('',
....urls......
) + static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)
in your settings.py
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
REPOSITORY_ROOT = os.path.dirname(BASE_DIR)
# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/howto/static-files/
ROJECT_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'staticfiles') # specify static root
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(REPOSITORY_ROOT, 'media/')
In your shell
python manage.py collectstatic

django.core.exceptions.SuspiciousFileOperation: The joined path is located outside of the base path component

This worked fine everytime used to do django websites but this time it is giving me an error.
Settings.py
STATICFILES_DIRS = [
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'portfolio/static/')
]
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR , 'static')
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
I have a profile.jpg in my directory Portfolio-Project/Portfolio/static/profile.jpg. It should collectstatic from here and paste the staticfiles in Portfolio-project/static as mentioned in my code. but it is giving ,me some error.
Error After using the command "Python manage.py collectstatic"
django.core.exceptions.SuspiciousFileOperation: The joined path
(C:\Users\Kiran\Desktop\portfolio-project\portfolio\static\Profile.jpg) is
located outside of the base path component
(C:\Users\Kiran\Desktop\portfolio- project\portfolio\static\)
Please Help.
Thanks

In your line:
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'portfolio/static/')
Delete the last slash:
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'portfolio/static')
Anyway, this is the ideal:
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'),
)
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media/')
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'

I recently faced this error but it‘s actually simple:
Chances are you downloaded a Template, here is the solution:
First you have to check your css file for stuff like relative links
For example your CSS might be referencing a file outside your django project itself.
e.g. backround:url('...\image\Profile.jpg') this actually worked for me
Note:
The key fact is just to check your CSS or (maybe js) file first if it‘s a referencing file that you‘re not using or file that is referring to something that is not in your django project directory.

Python Django: You're using the staticfiles app without having set the STATIC_ROOT setting

I'm trying to deploy my Django application to the web, but I get the following error:
You're using the staticfiles app without having set the STATIC_ROOT
setting to a filesystem path
However, I did in my production.py:
from django.conf import settings
DEBUG = False
TEMPLATE_DEBUG = True
DATABASES = settings.DATABASES
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'static')
# Update database configuration with $DATABASE_URL.
import dj_database_url
db_from_env = dj_database_url.config(conn_max_age=500)
DATABASES['default'].update(db_from_env)
# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/howto/static-files/
PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
# Extra places for collectstatic to find static files.
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'static'),
)
# Simplified static file serving.
# https://warehouse.python.org/project/whitenoise/
STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.django.GzipManifestStaticFilesStorage'

What is the production.py file? How do you import your settings?
Depending on how you got this error (serving django through a wsgi server or on the command line), check for manage.py or wsgi.py to see what is the name of the default settings file.
If you want to manuallly set the settings to use, use something like this:
./manage.py --settings=production
Where production is any python module.
Moreover, your settings file should not import anything django related. If you want to split your settings for different environments, use something like this.
A file settings/base.py
# All settings common to all environments
PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'static')
Files like settings/local.py, settings/production.py…
# Production settings
from settings.base import *
DEBUG = False
DATABASES = …

If you are using Django 2.2 or greater, your settings file already has a line similar to this:
# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
Therefore you can easily set static like so:
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')

Set the STATIC_ROOT setting to the directory from which you’d like to serve static files, for example:
STATIC_ROOT = "/var/www/example.com/static/"
The settings you are using are for development. Check the Django docs for more information here

Django settings for static assets can be a bit difficult to configure and debug. However, if you just add the following settings to your settings.py, everything should work exactly as expected:
goto "settings.py" add following code
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/howto/static-files/
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'staticfiles')
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
# Extra places for collectstatic to find static files.
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'),
)
See a full version of our example settings.py on GitHub.
now create static folder in root directory, and a random file inside
it.
Django won’t automatically create the target directory (STATIC_ROOT) that collectstatic uses, if it isn’t available. You may need to create this directory in your codebase, so it will be available when collectstatic is run. Git does not support empty file directories, so you will have to create a file inside that directory as well.
for more refer: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/django-assets

Django media files

My Setting.py file contains
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR + '/static/'
MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR + '/media/'
When I load a page, I get
GET /media/covers/lo.png HTTP/1.1" 404
When I change MEDIA_URL to '/static/media/' and copy my media folder to that path it works!
What's wrong?

Unable to perform collectstatic

I am new to django ! When I use the command python manage.py collectstatic I get this error
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: You're using the staticfiles app without having set the STATIC_ROOT setting to a filesystem path
But I can successfully run the server .
My static files declarations are :
STATIC_ROOT = ''
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
('assets', os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, '../static')),
)
and debug is set to true
DEBUG = True
How can I fix this? Else am missing any installation packages ?

Try this,
PROJECT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'static')
Look at https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#std:setting-STATIC_ROOT

You must have to give path in STATIC_ROOT in settings.py where all your static files are collected as for example:-
STATIC_ROOT = "app-root/repo/wsgi/static"
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
('assets', 'app-root/repo/wsgi/openshift/static'),
)

you can create 'static' folder in any subfolder and have required files in it.
In settings.py add the following lines of code:
PROJECT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'static')
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
After running
python manage.py collectstatic
a new static folder will be created in your parent App folder

well had this error as well. I fixed:
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
if DEBUG:
STATICFILES_DIRS = [
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'),
]
else:
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR,'static')
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')

STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'assest')
STATICFILES_DIR = [
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')
]

I had to put STATIC_ROOT and STATIC_URL above the STATICFILES_DIRS declaration.

STATIC_ROOT = "/var/www/YourSiteFolder/static/"
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
look at https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/howto/static-files/#deployment

STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR,'static')
This works for me

if you want to load static files rather than admin panel files or getting errors while loading webpage static files like CSS js etc
I suggest you change the folder name of 'static' to 'staticfiles'
and then add this code in your settings.py
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'staticfiles'),
)
then after run python manage.py collectstatic
Then the problem will be fixed