Static files are not loaded in Django

Question

I\'m trying to follow these instructions to enable static files in my Django project. I have

STATIC_URL = \'/static/\'

in my settings.py file.

Answer 1

In settings.py include this:

import os
settings_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(settings_dir))

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

And in your urls.py include these lines at the end:

from django.conf.urls.static import static
from django.contrib.staticfiles.urls import staticfiles_urlpatterns
urlpatterns += staticfiles_urlpatterns()

Hope it helps.