Did you try reading the link I provided? If so, what is unclear? On Friday, October 23, 2015 at 1:36:43 PM UTC-4, Becka R. wrote: > > 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"),) >>> >>>
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