Hi, I'd love to understand why, exactly, it did make a difference. All I know for sure is that after four hours of trying various possibilities, this is what removed the error.
Thanks! On Friday, October 23, 2015 at 10:25:23 AM UTC-7, Tim Graham wrote: > > 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/f16ec345-4890-4876-a9e9-dda445c0b748%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
