django static files not working

In development:

• STATICFILES_DIRS should have all static directories inside which all static files are resident

• STATIC_URL should be /static/ if your files are in the local machine otherwise put the base URL here e.g. "http://example.com/"

• INSTALLED_APPS should include 'django.contrib.staticfiles'

In the template, load the staticfiles module:

{% load staticfiles %}
..
..
<img src='{% static "images/test.png" %}' alt='img' />

In Production:

• Add STATIC_ROOT that is used by Django to collect all static files from STATICFILES_DIRS to it

• Collect static files

python manage.py collectstatic [--noinput]

• add the path to urls.py

from . import settings
    ..
    ..
urlpatterns = patterns('',
..
    url(r'^static/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', {'document_root':settings.STATIC_ROOT)}),)`

More detailed articles are listed below:

http://blog.xjtian.com/post/52685286308/serving-static-files-in-django-more-complicated

http://agiliq.com/blog/2013/03/serving-static-files-in-django/

I don't think you need your static path in urls.py, remove that and it should work.

currently it is like this

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    (r'^$', index),
    (r'^ajax/$', ajax),
    (r'^static/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', {'document_root': path.join(path.dirname(__file__), 'static')}),
)

just remove the r'^static line

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    (r'^$', index),
    (r'^ajax/$', ajax),
)

at least this is how it is done in django 1.3 and up

Try running python manage.py collectstatic and see where the static files are being collected.

Add this to your urls.py and set DEBUG=True in settings.py

if settings.DEBUG:
    urlpatterns += patterns('',
             (r'^static/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', {'document_root': settings.STATIC_ROOT, 'show_indexes':True}),
         )

    urlpatterns += patterns('',
            (r'^media/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', {'document_root': settings.MEDIA_ROOT, 'show_indexes':True}),
        )