Pierre de LESPINAY
2014-12-05 15:59:29
I confused STATIC_ROOT and STATICFILES_DIRS
Actually I was not really understanding the utility of STATIC_ROOT. I thought that it was the directory on which I have to put my common files. This directory is used for the production, this is the directory on which static files will be put (collected) by collectstatic.
STATICFILES_DIRS is the one that I need.
Since I'm in a development environment, the solution for me is to not use STATIC_ROOT (or to specify another path) and set my common files directory in STATICFILES_DIRS:
#STATIC_ROOT = (os.path.join(SITE_ROOT, 'static_files/'))
import os
SITE_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
os.path.join(SITE_ROOT, 'static/'),
)
Also don't forget to from django.conf import settings
No the urls.py should be like in the question (same thing for media) and don't forget to
from django.conf import settingsof courseI just want to add to this answer, don't miss the s. it should be STATICFILES_DIRS. I did STATICFILE_DIRS, made me crazy for 45 minutes looking for the error.
I use
BASE_DIRbuilt-in const instead ofSITE_ROOTand it works.