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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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.
