Serving static files: Tried 3 ways with no luck

# Django settings for Bixin_Taleebo project.
import os
PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))

DEBUG = True
TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG

ADMINS = (
# ('Your Name', 'your_email@example.com'),
)

MANAGERS = ADMINS

DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2', # Add 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
'NAME': 'TaleeboBixin', # Or path to database file if using sqlite3.
'USER': 'postgres', # Not used with sqlite3.
'PASSWORD': 'f7!83pwu', # Not used with sqlite3.
'HOST': 'localhost', # Set to empty string for localhost. Not used with sqlite3.
'PORT': '5432', # Set to empty string for default. Not used with sqlite3.
}
}

SITE_ROOT = '/'.join(os.path.dirname(__file__).split('/')[0:-2])

# Local time zone for this installation. Choices can be found here:
# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name
# although not all choices may be available on all operating systems.
# In a Windows environment this must be set to your system time zone.
TIME_ZONE = 'America/Chicago'

# Language code for this installation. All choices can be found here:
# http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/language-identifiers.html
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'

SITE_ID = 1

# If you set this to False, Django will make some optimizations so as not
# to load the internationalization machinery.
USE_I18N = True

# If you set this to False, Django will not format dates, numbers and
# calendars according to the current locale.
USE_L10N = True

# If you set this to False, Django will not use timezone-aware datetimes.
USE_TZ = True

# Absolute filesystem path to the directory that will hold user-uploaded files.
# Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/media/"
MEDIA_ROOT = '%s/media/' % (SITE_ROOT)

# URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use a
# trailing slash.
# Examples: "http://media.lawrence.com/media/", "http://example.com/media/"
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'

ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = '/media/admin/'

# Absolute path to the directory static files should be collected to.
# Don't put anything in this directory yourself; store your static files
# in apps' "static/" subdirectories and in STATICFILES_DIRS.
# Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/static/"
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(SITE_ROOT, 'media/static/')

# URL prefix for static files.
# Example: "http://media.lawrence.com/static/"
STATIC_URL = '/static/'

# Additional locations of static files
#STATICFILES_DIRS = (
# Put strings here, like "/home/html/static" or "C:/www/django/static".
# Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
# Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
# os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))), 'static'),
# )

# List of finder classes that know how to find static files in
# various locations.
#STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
# 'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
# 'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
# 'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.DefaultStorageFinder',
#)

# Make this unique, and don't share it with anybody.
SECRET_KEY = '!^ztby2)y_(kc4#twtf1@x5xh1#kos$g)-*dc)nec(k9-wew$!'

# List of callables that know how to import templates from various sources.
TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
# 'django.template.loaders.eggs.Loader',
)

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
# Uncomment the next line for simple clickjacking protection:
# 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
)

ROOT_URLCONF = 'Bixin_Taleebo.urls'

# Python dotted path to the WSGI application used by Django's runserver.
WSGI_APPLICATION = 'Bixin_Taleebo.wsgi.application'

TEMPLATE_DIRS = ('/Users/warz07/PycharmProjects/Bixin_Taleebo/templates',)

INSTALLED_APPS = (
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
# Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
'django.contrib.admin',
# Uncomment the next line to enable admin documentation:
'django.contrib.admindocs',
'Taleebo',
)

# A sample logging configuration. The only tangible logging
# performed by this configuration is to send an email to
# the site admins on every HTTP 500 error when DEBUG=False.
# See http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/logging for
# more details on how to customize your logging configuration.
LOGGING = {
'version': 1,
'disable_existing_loggers': False,
'filters': {
'require_debug_false': {
'()': 'django.utils.log.RequireDebugFalse'
}
},
'handlers': {
'mail_admins': {
'level': 'ERROR',
'filters': ['require_debug_false'],
'class': 'django.utils.log.AdminEmailHandler'
}
},
'loggers': {
'django.request': {
'handlers': ['mail_admins'],
'level': 'ERROR',
'propagate': True,
},
}
}
TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
"django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
"django.core.context_processors.debug",
"django.core.context_processors.i18n",
"django.core.context_processors.media",
'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
)from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
from django.contrib.staticfiles.urls import staticfiles_urlpatterns
from django.conf import settings

# Uncomment the next two lines to enable the admin:
from django.contrib import admin
admin.autodiscover()

urlpatterns = patterns('',
# Examples:
# url(r'^$', 'Bixin_Taleebo.views.home', name='home'),
# url(r'^Bixin_Taleebo/', include('Bixin_Taleebo.foo.urls')),

# Uncomment the admin/doc line below to enable admin documentation:
url(r'^admin/doc/', include('django.contrib.admindocs.urls')),

# Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
url(r'^$', 'Taleebo.views.index'),

)
if settings.DEBUG:
urlpatterns += patterns(
url(
regex = '^%s/(?P<path>.*)$' % settings.MEDIA_URL.strip('/'),
view = 'django.views.static.serve',
kwargs = {'document_root': settings.MEDIA_ROOT},
)
)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.

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