'django static file not loading

I have problem that i done every thing as described in tutorial https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/intro/tutorial06/ and every thing also running fine but css,images are not showing their effects. Being a new one on django, Suggestions required. thanks for any help.

My css file:-

li a {
    color: red;
}
body {
    background: white url("images/background.gif") no-repeat right bottom;
}

url.py file:-

from django.conf import settings
from django.conf.urls.static import static
from django.conf.urls import patterns,url
from polls import views
urlpatterns = patterns('',
    url(r'^$', views.IndexView.as_view(), name='index'),
    url(r'^(?P<pk>\d+)/$', views.DetailView.as_view(), name='detail'),
    url(r'^(?P<pk>\d+)/results/$', views.ResultsView.as_view(), name='results'),
    url(r'^(?P<poll_id>\d+)/vote/$', views.vote, name='vote'), 
) + static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)

Index.html file -

{% load staticfiles %}
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% static '/polls/style.css' %}"/>
{% if latest_poll_list %}
<ul>
{% for poll in latest_poll_list %}
    <li><a href="{% url 'polls:detail' poll.id %}">{{ poll.question }}</a></li>
{% endfor %}
</ul>
{% else %}
<p>No polls are available.</p>
{% endif %}

Settings.py file:-

MEDIA_ROOT = ''
MEDIA_URL = ''
STATIC_ROOT = ''
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    '/polls/static/'
    )
STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
)

TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
    'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
    'django.template.loaders.app_directories.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',
)

ROOT_URLCONF = 'mysite.urls'

WSGI_APPLICATION = 'mysite.wsgi.application'

TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
    'C:/django poll project/mysite/templates',
    )

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.sites',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'polls',
)

On runserver, getting-

[18/Sep/2014 17:40:51] "GET /polls/ HTTP/1.1" 200 311 [18/Sep/2014 18:25:39] "GET /polls/ HTTP/1.1" 200 311

django django-staticfiles

Solution 1:^[1]

The URL to the static-Files is "yourDomain/static/"

When you want to access to your "style.css" you should use "/static/style.css" instead of "/polls/style.css"

EDIT:

Change this part of your settings.py

STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    '/polls/static/'
    )

STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    'C:/django poll project/mysite/static'
    )

better would be:

STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    os.path.join(SITE_ROOT, '..', 'static'),
)

Then the folder is called "static" and is on the same level where the "manage.py" is. When you put your style.css in this "static"-folder you can call it with "/static/style.css"

Solution 2:^[2]

Updated Answer For Django 2.2 - 2019

STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'),
)

BASE_DIR is already defined in settings.py

Also when loading, do {% load static %} instead of {% load staticfiles %}

Solution 3:^[3]

It worked for me :

PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.normpath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, '..', 'static'),
)

Solution 4:^[4]

If problem bad variable {{STATIC_URL}} in template files, in settings.py add:

django.template.context_processors.static

here:

TEMPLATES = [
{
    'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
    'DIRS': TEMPLATE_DIRS,
    'APP_DIRS': True,
    'OPTIONS': {
        'context_processors': [
            'django.template.context_processors.debug',
            'django.template.context_processors.request',
            'django.template.context_processors.static',
            'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
            'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
        ],
    },
},

]

Solution 5:^[5]

Following the documentation: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/howto/static-files/

And restarting the server worked for me

Solution 6:^[6]

STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
   os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'),
)

STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'staticfiles')

MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'images')

Solution 7:^[7]

Currently works on Django Version 3.x

{% load static %}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Website</title>
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static 'css/style.css' %}">
    </head>
    <body>
        <h1>Hello user!</h1>
        <p>something you want</p>
    </body>
</html>

To work above Implementation Following code must be added in project setting file.

STATICFILES_DIRS = [
 os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')
 ]

Here static is a directory in project root.

Solution 8:^[8]

Remove django.contrib.staticfiles from INSTALLED apps.
Set STATIC_ROOT to the drive folder with the static files.
Set STATIC_URL to the browser folder/prefix that will point at the files.

The problem is STATIC_ROOT and STATICFILES_DIRS cannot be the same folder and try to act differently...

STATICFILES_DIRS

exists because different installable apps have different static resources.
through django magic, in development these files are served from each app.
This allows editing assets and re-running the server without worrying about the STATIC_ROOT cache.
also requires collector that assembles static files into STATIC_ROOT.

STATIC_ROOT

The place the files are served from in production.
A simple browser path to folder mapping.
Not recommended for production because usually NGINX or AppEngine handles this.
Works because you are skipping the collector and telling Django to look here always.
Will not work if an app has its own assets, you will need to use STATIC_DIRS.

Solution 9:^[9]

When you run 'python manage.py runserver' add any post number like 2000 or whatever it will look like 'python manage.py runserver 2000' it will solve the problem

Solution 10:^[10]

for Django version 4 2022

if anyone's static file is not working,make sure your static folder is in the right location

shortcut: Keep your static folder in the same directory where your database is located.

-->ProjectName
  -->app1
  -->app2
  -->db.sqlite3
  -->static

and make sure you have added this lines in settings.py

STATIC_URL = 'static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
BASE_DIR/'static',
)

Sources

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Solution 2	Mujeeb Ishaque
Solution 3	ali_200465
Solution 4	iqmaker
Solution 5	Lorenzo Lerate
Solution 6	Shamsher Singh
Solution 7	Pradeep Sapkota
Solution 8	Paul Kenjora
Solution 9	mike 2005
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'django static file not loading

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