static dir not found django

Question

I'm a beginner in using django and tryin to make my first app, but I keep on getting "Not found" every time I add a javascript file on my view

This is my setting.py

STATIC_URL = '/home/me/PycharmProjects/GLife/static/' MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'media') MEDIA_URL = '/media/' STATIC_ROOT = 'static/' STATICFILES_DIRS = ( os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'static'), )

urls.py

urlpatterns = [ url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)), url(r'^register', include('register.urls')), url(r'^media/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', {'document_root': settings.MEDIA_ROOT, 'show_indexes': True}), ]+ static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT) urlpatterns += staticfiles_urlpatterns()

html

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <!--<script src="/static/djangular/js/django-angular.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>--> <script src="{% static '/js/_register/register.js' %}" type="text/javascript"></script> <title></title> </head> <body>

I've already search about it but the suggestions failed, hope anyone could help

here's my project structure

myproject
--main

--register ---migrations ---templates --static ---js ----_register

I'm just trying to make an alert display as a testing using js

I removed STATIC_ROOT just like it said but still getting the same error — newbiemeh
– newbiemeh, Commented Sep 5, 2015 at 6:34
Where exactly is register.js (and any other files that are giving you problems) located relative to manage.py? — Mike Covington
– Mike Covington, Commented Sep 5, 2015 at 6:51
@mfcovington I've added my project structure on my question, I was just trying to diplay an alert for testing — newbiemeh
– newbiemeh, Commented Sep 5, 2015 at 6:57
Shouldn't the STATIC_ROOT start with a slash: '/static/'? Also: are you running this in development mode (with the development server), or in another way? In the later case, you may need to run manage.py collectstatic. — user707650
– user707650, Commented Sep 5, 2015 at 7:26

mehd azizi · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-16 17:32:52Z

This is happening because you switched the values of STATIC_ROOT and STATIC_URL. It must be like this:

STATIC_URL = '/static/' STATIC_ROOT = '/home/me/PycharmProjects/GLife/static/'

STATIC_URL is the URL to use when referring to static files located in STATIC_ROOT.

STATIC_ROOT is the absolute path to the directory where collectstatic will collect static files for deployment.

Also, your static and STATIC_ROOT paths must be different.

When using the development server you don't need to configure STATIC_ROOT or use collectstatic management command because it will automatically serve the static files from static folder if DEBUG is true.

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