Re: solution to static file loading issue on 1.8

2015-10-23 Thread Tim Graham
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

Re: solution to static file loading issue on 1.8

2015-10-23 Thread Becka R.
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

Re: solution to static file loading issue on 1.8

2015-10-23 Thread Tim Graham
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

solution to static file loading issue on 1.8

2015-10-23 Thread Becka R.
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