Re: Where I am wrong in loading static files ?

[Kurtis Mullins]

Here's a vaguely similar post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6409920/django-static-files-from-app-directories

Like one of the respondents recommended, try adding a "print str(STATICFILES_DIRS)" in your settings.py and then run "runserver" so you can see what actual directories are being included.

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 9:53 AM, surya <kastur...@gmail.com> wrote:

This is my project folder hierarchy:

project \

           project \ 

                      __init__.py

                      settings.py

                      urls.py

                      views.py

                      ... etc

           templates \

                           css \

                                index_css.css

                           media \ 

                                 logo.png

                           templates \ 

                                     home.html

           manage.py

So, these are the settings I made in "settings.py"

currDir = os.path.dirname(__file__)

templateDir_media = os.path.join(os.path.join(os.path.split(currDir)[0],"Templates"), "media")

templateDir_css = os.path.join(os.path.join(os.path.split(currDir)[0],"Templates"), "css")

STATICFILES_DIRS = (

                    templateDir_media,

                    templateDir_css,

                    "d:/code/projects-dev/readdme/"

)

## I JUST ADDED THOSE /MEDIA AND /CSS DIR IN IT

The HTML source file contains:

Image URL:  src="../media/logo.png"

CSS URL : href="../css/twoColFixLtHdr.css"

So, when I am loading the page, I am unable to find the logo and CSS  settings.. 

Where I am going wrong and how should I fix it?

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[surya]

Well.. apart from that mistake..

Is everything alright??

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[Kurtis Mullins]

For your URLs, use {{ STATIC_URL }}/css/index_css.css (or maybe {{ STATIC_URL }}/app_name/css/index_css.css -- I've never tried this approach before)

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[Melvyn Sopacua]

You're not using staticfiles, because they will always result in
absolute path references. Try starting with the documentation and let us
know what you don't understand about it:
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/ref/contrib/staticfiles/

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[Surya Kasturi]

Its not working.. I even tried with static links.. 

[Surya Kasturi]

Okay.. I am on it.

[surya]

Thanks Melvyn.. 

I could display photos on the template. But there is a problem.. 

when I am using collectstatic command, it is collecting all files and storing in project folder.

I mean, 

<project>/

               (static files)

               manage.py

               <project>/

Is there any way to avoid it??

Another thing is, the files are not working with I am switching off debug mode (DEBUG = False). I searched on it and found that I need to use my own webserver for that. So, I'd like to use Apache Http but don't know how to configure it!! 

Can you help me on it?