Re: Serving static files: Tried 3 ways with no luck

On 27/12/2012 2:03pm, warsameb0@gmail.com wrote:
> I am having an unbelievable time getting my new django application to
> servie static files, i have read the django documentation but it seems
> as there isn't one consistent way to serve static files while in
> development using the Django server.
>
> In order are my settings.py file, my urls.py file and finally in my
> base.html where i reference these files.
>
>
> I have no idea why i still get 404 not found errors when the path is
> full load as in when i reference in my base.html file {{ Media_Url}} it
> actually resolves to /media/ yet the file is still not found.
>
> If anyone can help, please let me know. i have spent way to long on this
> small issue.

I remember I found it tricky in the beginning. The way I finally got my
head around it was to put print statements in my settings file (if DEBUG
of course) to output the paths for static and media dirs. Then I
experimented with settings.STATICFILES_FINDERS until I figured out
exactly what delivered the goods.

hth

Mike

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