Hi Becka, You've provided the default value for STATICFILES_FINDERS so putting that in your settings shouldn't make a difference. An example of STATICFILES_DIRS is given at:
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/howto/static-files/ If you have a suggestion about how to improve the docs that would be welcome. On Friday, October 23, 2015 at 12:18:13 PM UTC-4, Becka R. wrote: > > Hi, > > I just spent hours on this problem, and (at last) stumbled into the Stack > Overflow answer, and wanted to preserve this for posterity. > > I'm using Django 1.8, and wasn't able to get my static files to load on my > local server. I finally found the Stack Overflow answe > <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29957604/django-1-8-static-files-doesnt-work>r > > that made all the difference - pasted below. > > I haven't seen this in the official docs for Django 1.8. > > Snippet below: > > I put this in my settings.py: > > STATICFILES_FINDERS = ( > "django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder", > "django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder",) > STATICFILES_DIRS = ( > os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static"),) > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/abb6e0e5-0719-4d33-83b5-dadc48c17713%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
