Using static files with the django virtual server

Question

Questions exactly like this have been asked before, i\'ve read them all and tried to make sense of the official django documentation on the subject but i\'m still struggling

Answer 1

You should write your settings.py like that:

import os
PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..'))

STATIC_URL = '/static/'  # Should be root relative or absolute

STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'static'),
)

# Where your static files will be collected with colletstatic command
# I use it only in deployed configuration with DEBUG=False
# Need to be outside STATICFILES_DIR
STATIC_ROOT = '/var/www/your.site' 

Just to be sure, check with Firebug or webkit debugger that CSS is loaded.

Remember that Django won't serve your static files if settings.DEBUG == False.