I can't seem to get my static files to load from my templates. I've followed the official documentation but I must be missing something.
My directory layout (generated by Django, most files omitted):
myproject
myproject
settings.py
urls.py
static
css
bootstrap.css
main.css
templates
base.html
myapp1
myapp2
...
manage.py
My settings.py:
STATIC_URL = 'static/'
I'm referencing my stylesheets like so (from my templates):
{% load staticfiles %}
<link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static "css/bootstrap.css" %}" type="text/css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static "css/style.css" %}" type="text/css">
Which gives this once rendered (in HTML):
<link rel="stylesheet" href="static/css/bootstrap.css" type="text/css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="static/css/style.css" type="text/css">
Yet these links don't actually lead anywhere (when I visit them I get 404 error from Django). I feel that I could fix this by adding something in urls.py, but I thought Django did this automatically when you run the server? What am I missing?
Have you defined your static files directory in settings.py ?
I'm guessing you have 'django.contrib.staticfiles', in your installed apps.
If you haven't defined your static files dir, you could by doing something like this:
import os.path
PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'static'),
)
This is the working solution for static/media/template access in django for windows,
settings.py
import os.path
STATIC_ROOT = ''
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
os.path.join('static'),
)
My problem was solved by adding "STATICFILES_DIRS" in settings.py file
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = ( os.path.join('static'), )
I thought Django did this automatically when you run the server?
Why did you think that? If you've followed the official documentation, you won't have found that. Read what you have to do to serve them in development here.
There's another problem. Your STATIC_URL is a relative link, so browsers add it to the existing page URL. So if you're on page /foo, 'static/css/style.css' evaluates to /foo/static/css/style.css'.
Make sure it either starts with / - ie /static/ - or is a full URL, ie http://myserver.com/static/.
Check if STATICFILES_FINDERS is defined in your settings.py
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/staticfiles/#std:setting-STATICFILES_FINDERS
The default value of STATICFILES_FINDERS is good enough but you have 2 choices :
you need to have the static file inside an app and having this app in your INSTALLED_APPS
or you need to define STATICFILES_DIRS with your path to the static files if expect the behavior being the one of django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder
I encountered this problem too. And I solved the problem by revising the href like this:
<html>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{STATIC_URL}}css/bootstrap.css" type="text/css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{STATIC_URL}}css/style.css" type="text/css">
</html>
Make sure that you have the static folder set up in the right place, that is if it is in the app folder, then you can get further clarification from this helpful resource1.
My solution was DEBUG = True in settings.
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I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. I have STATIC_URL = '/static/' STATICFILES_DIR = [str(BASE_DIR.joinpath('static'))] under my settings.py. Here is an image to my current file structure https://pasteboard.co/K3uhtSN.png I linked with <link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static 'css/base.css' %}"> in base.html and loaded at the very top using {% load static %} Thank you
I had the same problem, but it solved by writing "staticfiles_dirs" like this:
STATICFILES_DIRS = ((os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')), )
I had the same problem. If you had created a 'staticfiles' folder or directory during production then be sure to run python manage.py collectstatic in your command prompt or terminal.
My style.css is placed in appname/static/appname/.
My settings.py has this code:
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static/"),
)
And in my base.html I load it like this:
{% load static %}
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% static 'appname/style.css' %}">
But the styles are not loading.
If I remove STATICFILES_DIRS and change STATIC_URL = '/static/' to STATIC_URL = '/static/appname/', it works perfectly, but I guess it's not the best practice for the case I'll add any other app to the project later. What I might be doing wrong?
Just change one thing,
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static"),
)
It will search in static folder inside your app. Also if you want to add a specific directory,
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static"), '/your specific directory/',
)
From here you can directly add the particular file name, and djnago will search in that specific directory.
Remove "appname" in {% static 'appname/style.css' %}, you must not place it there because python knows automatically in which application the file is, it get the application name from the request
By default django picks static directory from app's directory. So, if your static directory is inside app directory there is no need to specify STATICFILES_DIRS.
Now /static/ will point to files and directories in the static directory of your app. To refer your css file use
{% load static %}
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% static 'appname/style.css' %}">
I have created a project in Django. Also, I am using django-allauth for sign up and login.
In order to use my own templates with django-allauth, I have created a html file called signup.html in a folder called account inside a folder called templates which is outside of of all my apps (/templates/account/signup.html). That works.
I tried to use some custom css file inside signup.html:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/templates/account/signup.css">
It says that the file can not be found. Though, it is located in templates/account.
your css file must under STATICFILES_DIRS in settings.py,set this in settings.py:
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '/')
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static"),
)
and put account/signup.css file to /static/account/signup.css,you can get it like:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/account/signup.css">
or
{% load static %}
<link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static 'account/signup.css' %}">
I have read many posts about the topic and tried to follow all the suggestions (new to python here) but I am unable to get bootstrap to work in Django.
I have a project "myoffice" and an app "proposals" in it.
I have downloaded a css file and put it in following folder
django\bin\myoffice\proposals\static\bootstrap\bootstrap.min.css
I have made following changes to the settings.py
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'static')
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
os.path.join(
os.path.dirname(__file__),
'static',
)
STATIC_URL = 'proposals/static/'
and included static files in my template like this.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
{% load staticfiles %}
<link href="{% static 'bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css' %}" rel="stylesheet" media="screen">
</head>
<body>
But it is still showing view without any formatting.
I figured it out. It was actually a stupid error. I discovered, I have to restart the webserver after adding css file to the static directory and making changes to the settings.py
I am learning Django and trying to create modular templates and I am coming across this issue
In my Developer tools I am getting this error:
GET http://127.0.0.1:8000/static/assets/css/default.css 404 (NOT FOUND) 127.0.0.1/:8
GET http://127.0.0.1:8000/static/assets/images/pythonlogo.jpeg 404 (NOT FOUND) 127.0.0.1/:84
From my understanding, having STATIC_URL = '/static/' allows {% static %} to be used and also appends /static/ to the path of your static folder. Also, using STATICFILES_DIR is for locating the static files in your project.
Currently I have:
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIR = (
('assets', '/Users/BobDole/Development/django-brad/django_test/'),
)
From reading the documentation, it seems to me that 'assets' is used as a namespace or a variable to represent /Users/BobDole/Development/django-brad/django_test/
In my html page I used
<img src="{% static 'assets/images/pythonlogo.jpeg' %}">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% static 'assets/css/default.css' %}">
My current project directory structure
django_test/
admin/
article/ <-- app
templates/
django_test/
templates/
images/
static/
css/
I believe that I am using STATIC_URL and STATICFILES_DIR improperly could some provide me with some suggestions? Thank you!
try this:
<img src="{{ STATIC_URL }}assets/images/pythonlogo.jpeg">
Django will change STATIC_URL for /whatever/whatever/static/, so the url the img will access is: /whatever/whatever/static/assets/images/pythonlogo.jpeg
The thing is /whatever/whatever/static/ has to be the path until the "static" folder inclusive
I use in my projects STATIC_URL like this(settings.py):
PROJECT_PATH = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_PATH, "static")
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
EDIT You have to add this 3 lines in your settings.py
What makes you think assets is magic in some way? It's not, it's simply the name of a directory. You don't have a directory called that, so you shouldn't use it. Use {% static 'images/pythonlogo.jpeg' %} etc.