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I cannot deploy my app to heroku after adding settings for static files

I am doing a project for college this was my first app with django I have no prior experience to this
I am trying to deploy my app to heroku, I deployed it a couple of hours back with "DISABLE_COLLECTSTATIC" config and it was working. When I tried adding the static files settings the app was not working anymore, it still deploys but I get the "Application Error" when i open the app.
This is settings.py
import os
from pathlib import Path
import dj_database_url
from django.contrib.messages import constants as messages
import mimetypes
development = os.environ.get('DEVELOPMENT', False)
MESSAGE_TAGS = {
messages.DEBUG: 'alert-secondary',
messages.INFO: 'alert-info',
messages.SUCCESS: 'alert-success',
messages.WARNING: 'alert-warning',
messages.ERROR: 'alert-danger',
}
# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
TEMPLATES_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')
# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/howto/deployment/checklist/
# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get('SECRET_KEY', '')
# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = development
# Application definition
INSTALLED_APPS = [
# My apps
'learning_logs',
'users',
# Default apps
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'cloudinary_storage',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
'cloudinary',
'bootstrap4',
'tinymce',
'crispy_forms',
]
MIDDLEWARE = [
'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
]
ROOT_URLCONF = 'online_journal.urls'
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates'),
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates', 'allauth'),
[TEMPLATES_DIR],
],
'APP_DIRS': True,
'OPTIONS': {
'context_processors': [
'django.template.context_processors.debug',
'django.template.context_processors.request',
'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
],
},
},
]
WSGI_APPLICATION = 'online_journal.wsgi.application'
# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/settings/#databases
if development:
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
}
}
else:
DATABASES = {
'default': dj_database_url.parse(os.environ.get('DATABASE_URL'))
}
if development:
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['localhost']
else:
ALLOWED_HOSTS = [os.environ.get('HEROKU_HOSTNAME')]
# Password validation
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
},
]
# Internationalization
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/topics/i18n/
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
USE_I18N = True
USE_L10N = True
USE_TZ = True
# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/howto/static-files/
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = (os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'))
STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'cloudinary_storage.storage.StaticHashedCloudinaryStorage'
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'staticfiles')
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')
DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'cloudinary_storage.storage.MediaCloudinaryStorage'
# Default primary key field type
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS = ['online-journal2022.herokuapp.com']
LOGIN_URL = 'users:login'
# Cloudinary Settings
CLOUDINARY_STORAGE = {
'CLOUD_NAME': '', # I removed these for safety
'API_KEY': '',
'API_SECRET': '',
}
mimetypes.add_type("text/css", ".css", True)
I tried changing staticfiles_dirs because it seemed that the path to the staticfiles is wrong, the collectstatic command did not work, i hardcoded the staticfiles_dirs and then collectstatic worked, but heroku didn't, so i reverted the changes, I deleted the cloudinary settings at the bottom that resulted in an error so i reverted that change as well, the current output i am getting n heroku is this.

Django admin has no design in live server

I uploaded my whole site in my live server after uploading django admin is not showing any design before uploading it was fine but after upload in it got like this :-
Here is my settings.py I think I did all the thing perfectly but still :( I tried so many time and I got stuck here almost 2 days :) I hope someone will help me with this problem.
Settings.py
"""
Django settings for gng project.
Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 3.1.2.
For more information on this file, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/topics/settings/
For the full list of settings and their values, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/settings/
"""
from pathlib import Path
import os
# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/howto/deployment/checklist/
# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = '$tl4x!&*01z(0o2r&la&e#)f0dz0x)^bov7dh^aau$m#shktiw'
# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = True
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['gngbd.xyz', 'www.gngbd.xyz']
# Application definition
INSTALLED_APPS = [
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
'store',
]
MIDDLEWARE = [
'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
]
ROOT_URLCONF = 'gng.urls'
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [],
'APP_DIRS': True,
'OPTIONS': {
'context_processors': [
'django.template.context_processors.debug',
'django.template.context_processors.request',
'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
],
},
},
]
WSGI_APPLICATION = 'gng.wsgi.application'
# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/settings/#databases
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
}
}
# Password validation
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
},
]
# Internationalization
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/topics/i18n/
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
USE_I18N = True
USE_L10N = True
USE_TZ = True
DEBUG = False
# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/howto/static-files/
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = [BASE_DIR / 'static'] # Main Line #
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static/css/')
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static/js/')
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static/fonts')
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static/admicss')
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media/')
MEDIA_URL = "images/"
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'staticfiles'))
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'gngxyz/static'),
)

I think you have to run following command to collect all static files in one place:
python manage.py collectstatic
then press ctrl+F5. I hope this solves your problem.
And check if you have following in your settings.py:
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'staticfiles'))
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'),
)

In addition to collecting your static files, in some web servers you have to reconfigure location of your static files. For example in nginx you have to add the following :
location /static {
autoindex on;
alias /direction/to/your/static;
}

Django: You're using the staticfiles app without having set the STATIC_ROOT setting to a filesystem path

I'm a beginner to django and trying to figure out how to incorporate ckeditor into a blog. I'm stuck at the step of copying ckeditor static files into the static root. No matter what fix I try, when I run python manage.py collectstatic, I get the error: ImproperlyConfigured: You're using the staticfiles app without having set the STATIC_ROOT setting to a filesystem path.
I've tried numerous online guides for ckeditor, read the django documentation on static files, and searched for an answer to this issue, but have not been able to find any answer which fixes the error.
Here is my current settings.py
import os
# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
TEMPLATE_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')
# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/howto/deployment/checklist/
# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = ***
# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = True
ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
# Application definition
INSTALLED_APPS = [
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
#My apps
'blogger',
'ckeditor',
'ckeditor_uploader',
]
MIDDLEWARE = [
'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
]
ROOT_URLCONF = 'blogs.urls'
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [TEMPLATE_DIR],
'APP_DIRS': True,
'OPTIONS': {
'context_processors': [
'django.template.context_processors.debug',
'django.template.context_processors.request',
'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
],
},
},
]
WSGI_APPLICATION = 'blogs.wsgi.application'
# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/ref/settings/#databases
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
}
}
# Password validation
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
},
]
# Internationalization
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/topics/i18n/
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
USE_I18N = True
USE_L10N = True
USE_TZ = True
# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/howto/static-files/
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ‘staticfiles’)
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static"),
)
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media/')
MEDIA_URL = "/media/"
I have read that since I am using the django development server, the collectstatic command may not work? I wasn't completely clear on that, but in that case, how would I go about copying ckeditor static files into the static root?
I am very new to programming and django, so I don't know if I am missing something, or not understanding something properly. If anyone has any ideas it would be appreciated.

Image upload goes to "None" folder in django

I'm trying to upload an image via ajax. The image uploads well, but it is delivered inside a "None" folder, between the MEDIA_ROOT value and upload_to parameter of ImageField.
My current settings are as follows:
MEDIA_ROOT = (os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static', 'media'))
Inside my app's models.py:
image = models.ImageField(blank=True, null=True, upload_to=get_image_path)
and
def get_image_path(instance, filename):
return os.path.join(connection.tenant.schema_name, 'img', 'devices', filename)
When I upload the image, it goes to static/media/None/(tenant.schema_name)/img/devices, instead of static/media/(tenant.schema_name)/img/devices
(In the picture, tenant.schema_name is "ars")
The form is as follows:
class DeviceForm(ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Device
fields = ['name', 'model', 'serial', 'location', 'note', 'image', 'page', 'address']
And the saving snippet:
if request.method == 'POST':
post_data = request.POST.dict()
form = DeviceForm(post_data, request.FILES)
if not form.is_valid():
return JsonResponse({"message": "Form is invalid"}, status=400)
obj = form.save()
return JsonResponse(obj.to_dict(), safe=False)
Is there a configuration that I'm missing? Any help would be appreciated
EDIT: Here's the whole settings.py:
import os
from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy
# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/howto/deployment/checklist/
# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = (key)
# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = True
if DEBUG:
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*'] # Allow any host during debug mode
else:
ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
# Application definition
SHARED_APPS = [
'tenant_schemas',
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
# 'cloud_admin',
'cloud_core',
]
TENANT_APPS = [
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.auth',
'cloud_core.users',
'cloud_data',
'cloud_apps.dashboard',
'cloud_apps.device',
'cloud_apps.device_pages.kr',
# 'cloud_apps',
]
INSTALLED_APPS = list(SHARED_APPS) + [app for app in TENANT_APPS if app not in SHARED_APPS]
MIDDLEWARE = [
'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware',
'ArsCloud.middleware.TenantSelectionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
'ArsCloud.middleware.LoginRequiredMiddleware',
]
ROOT_URLCONF = 'ArsCloud.urls_public'
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "templates"),
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "cloud_core", "templates"),
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "cloud_admin", "templates"),
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "cloud_data", "templates"),
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "cloud_apps", "dashboard", "templates"),
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "cloud_apps", "device", "templates"),
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "cloud_apps", "device-pages", "templates"),
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "cloud_apps", "device-pages", "kr", "templates"),
],
'APP_DIRS': True,
'OPTIONS': {
'context_processors': [
'django.template.context_processors.debug',
'django.template.context_processors.request',
'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
'cloud_core.context_processors.tenant'
],
},
},
]
WSGI_APPLICATION = 'ArsCloud.wsgi.application'
# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/settings/#databases
DATABASES = {
(database)
}
DATABASE_ROUTERS = (
'tenant_schemas.routers.TenantSyncRouter',
)
# Password validation
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
},
]
# Internationalization
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/topics/i18n/
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
USE_I18N = True
USE_L10N = True
USE_TZ = True
# Language support
LOCALE_PATHS = [
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'locale/')
]
LANGUAGES = (
(u'ja', ugettext_lazy('Japanese')),
(u'en', ugettext_lazy('English'))
)
# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/howto/static-files/
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
# STATICFILES_DIRS = [
# os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static"),
# ]
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static', 'static_root')
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static', 'static_dirs'),
)
MEDIA_ROOT = (os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static', 'media'))
MEDIA_URL = '/static/media/'
LOGIN_URL = '/login/'
LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = '/'
LOGIN_EXEMPT_URLS = [
"upload_device_data"
]
TENANT_MODEL = 'cloud_core.Tenant'
DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'tenant_schemas.storage.TenantFileSystemStorage'
PUBLIC_SCHEMA_URLCONF = 'ArsCloud.urls_public'
ADMIN_SCHEMA_URLCONF = 'ArsCloud.urls_admin'
TENANT_SCHEMA_URLCONF = 'ArsCloud.urls_tenant'
ARSUSER_SCHEMA = "ars"
POST_TOKEN_KEY = {'key': (key), 'iv': "Salt for hashing"}
DUMMY_DB_PATH = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'falsedb')
DUMMY_DB_FILE = os.path.join(DUMMY_DB_PATH, 'config.json')
I used the config suggested by the answer below, but I still have a "None" folder between MEDIA_ROOT and the upload_to parameter

You should define media dir in settings.py file. images and files that you want to upload from website, store in media dir.
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static', 'static_root')
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static', 'static_dirs'),
)
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static', 'media')
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
you need static directory inside of your project. Tree directory is like this:
static -
|-static_root
|-static_dirs
|-media
please create these 4 directories: static, static_root, static_dirs, media

Create media and static as folders both at the same level in your overall project directory (the same level as manage.py) and then try:
PROJECT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(PROJECT_DIR)
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
The media and static folders are used for two completely different things and media should never be nested inside static. The media folder is for user-uploaded content, and the MEDIA_ROOT you define is where user-uploaded content is uploaded to (with sub-folders within MEDIA_ROOT being set via upload_to=.....). The static folder and (and sub-folders) hold content that you define as part of the website (e.g. css, js).
I would also make this small change (no need for request.POST.dict()):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = DeviceForm(request.POST, request.FILES)

No css in django admin page

I have just install django 1.7 and recently create new project and application. I have create a new superuser. when I try to login to my superuser account the django administration page appear without css. I do not what's wrong i did. can anyone help me?
Here is my setting.py:
"""
Django settings for blog project.
For more information on this file, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/topics/settings/
For the full list of settings and their values, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/ref/settings/
"""
# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
import os
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/howto/deployment/checklist/
# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = '%j$#fj6ddv$nkgv=v4kez6yi56&z$qffzr%gyz6b!ds-!5xi%e'
# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = True
TEMPLATE_DEBUG = True
ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
# Application definition
INSTALLED_APPS = (
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
'post',
)
MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
)
ROOT_URLCONF = 'blog.urls'
WSGI_APPLICATION = 'blog.wsgi.application'
# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/ref/settings/#databases
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
}
}
# Internationalization
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/topics/i18n/
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
USE_I18N = True
USE_L10N = True
USE_TZ = True
# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/howto/static-files/
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')

You should add following to your settings.py
STATICFILES_DIRS = [
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static"),
'C:/ProjectPath/static',
]
If you have only 1 settings.py file, you should change BASE_DIR value with
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
In django 1.8 and later, you should also define a 'templates' folder like 'static'.
Put your html files into "templates" folder and add css/js files like "static/css/bootstrap.css" in your templates(html files).
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [os.path.dirname(__file__), 'templates'],
'APP_DIRS': True,
'OPTIONS': {
'context_processors': [
'django.template.context_processors.debug',
'django.template.context_processors.request',
'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
],
},
},
]