Django static files on heroku

Question

I deployed a django app to heroku, using \"git push heroku master\" which worked absolutely fine.

I then created a second app on the same git using \"heroku create s

Answer 1

I have been dealing with the same problem too. I tried not to use the solution recommended by David since it seems to be used only in development (and not production) (See: Heroku static files not loading, Django)

And here are the 2 things that I changed in my code.

(I'm using Django 1.7)

1) settings.py

I add these lines to the setting files

BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'staticfiles')
STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.django.GzipManifestStaticFilesStorage'
TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR,  'templates'),
    # Add to this list all the locations containing your static files 
)

STATIC_ROOT: this tells Django where to (a) put the static files when you run "python manage.py collectstatic" and (b) find the static files when you run the application

TEMPLATE_DIRS: this tells Django where to look for your static files when it search for statics files when you run "python manage.py collectstatic"

2) wsgi.py

Originally my file was:

import os
os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "xxxx.settings")

from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
application = get_wsgi_application()

And I changed it to:

import os
os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "xxxx.settings")

from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
from whitenoise.django import DjangoWhiteNoise
application = get_wsgi_application()
application = DjangoWhiteNoise(application)

Read here for more information on whitenoise: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/django-assets#whitenoise

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Also, remember to install whitenoise: pip install whitenoise==2.0.6

Before deploying the project, run: python manage.py collectstatic

This will create a folder indicated by STATIC_ROOT (declared in your settings.py), containing all your static files.