Thanks very much, I will give this a try now. On Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at 3:58:54 PM UTC, Andréas Kühne wrote: > > The setting you have to specify are: > > STATIC_URL and STATIC_ROOT. > > STATIC_URL is the url base for creating paths for the webserver to the > static files. Usually you just leave this at '/static/' - however you could > also set this to a completely different domain (if for example you were > serving static files via cloudfront or other CDN's, or a different server). > > STATIC_ROOT is where you want the collectstatic command to copy all files > to. Usually a directory within your project. I usually set this to > STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static/') > > You don't need to set STATICFILES_DIRS at all - because that is only when > you want to add files that do not reside within one of your applications > static dir. > > Also when you use join, you shoiuldn't use absolute paths - you have > written : os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "C:/workarea/AWSTest/web/") - you should > only use the relative path compared to where your project resides. > > Finally - you should put the bootstrap files in a static directory (or a > subdirectory to static) under one of you applications. Then run > collectstatic - and you will get the files copied to the place you will > serve them from (this is not necessary when running in debug though). > > Regards, > > Andréas > > 2017-02-01 16:00 GMT+01:00 Thames Khi <[email protected] <javascript:>>: > >> Thank you very much for your reply. I think I have missed something as >> the python is duplicating the files and sticking them into a path I >> specified. Here are my steps based on the document and what happens. >> >> 1) updated the urls.py in the project: >> >> from django.conf.urls.static import static >> >> urlpatterns = [ >> >> url(r'^data/', include('data.urls')), >> url(r'^$', views.home, name='home'), >> url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls), >> ] + static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT) >> >> 2) In settings,py added the following: >> >> >> # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images) >> # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/howto/static-files/ >> >> STATIC_URL = '/static/' >> #STATICFILES_DIRS = '/static/' >> STATICFILES_DIRS = [ >> os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "C:/workarea/AWSTest/web/"), >> >> ] >> STATIC_ROOT = "C:/workarea/AWSTest/web/bootstrap/" >> >> url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls), >> ] + static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT) >> >> C:\workarea\AWSTest\web\data\static\home >> >> >> 3) In your templates, either hardcode the url.. >> >> I am not sure about this as I do not want to hardcode things in my >> templates unless it means the html page then thats cool. >> >> 4) python manage.py collectstatic >> >> This went and copied all the files and folders from apps and project >> folders and put them in ./web/bootstrap >> >> in the app (data) I have also got static files in: >> >> web\bootstrap\data\static\home (root http:/myweb.com/) >> >> >> Why do I need to specify all these directories and why do I need copies >> of the static files in my app folder and my static root folder? I think I >> need to find a video tutorial :( >> >> >> On Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at 10:48:53 AM UTC, Andréas Kühne wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> You will have to follow the following information: >>> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/howto/static-files/ >>> >>> Make sure that the css files and js files are in the static directory. >>> Then you can use {% static "css/bootstrap.min.css" %} for the filepath to >>> the static files. The static files shouldn't have absolute file paths >>> because you are accessing them from the webserver and the paths are >>> relative to the current base url (or html file). There is no difference >>> between bootstrap and other css / js files in this regard. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Andréas >>> >>> 2017-02-01 11:40 GMT+01:00 Thames Khi <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I tried to use locally installed bootstrap. My render HTML function is >>>> calling my page. However using the relative path or even if add the >>>> complete path, nothing works. >>>> >>>> If the html page is opened directly it works. >>>> >>>> Is there any decent documentation and examples of using locally >>>> installed bootstrap with django? >>>> >>>> Thank you very much. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/a1b01bab-5236-4bb7-95cf-77c4ee7cc29e%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/a1b01bab-5236-4bb7-95cf-77c4ee7cc29e%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/27b4ff88-fd37-4996-945e-440c48b6c241%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/27b4ff88-fd37-4996-945e-440c48b6c241%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > >
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