Static files not loading in django 1.6 - css

Question

My structure looks something like this:
myproject/
app1/
static/
css/
style.css
myproject/
settings.py
static/
css/
style.css
db.sqlite3
in settings.py I have:
BASE_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname( __file__ ), '..'))
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
# blank
)
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
}
}
in my index.html I have:
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/static/css/style.css" />
I am trying to load css from myproject/static folder but whenever I load index.html it's looking into /app1/static/css/style.css, db.sqlite3 is working though.
I even tried removing app/static folder, it did not work. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

add {% load staticfiles %} at the top of your template
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% static "css/style.css" %}" />
In settings.py,
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static"),
)
No need of STATIC_ROOT, if you're running on localhost.

Answer 2

You forgot to add the Static tags to load your files in the templates:
At the beginning of your html file you have to put
{% load staticfiles %}
then add the static tag in your path
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% static "css/style.css" %} />
see the documentation in django:
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/howto/static-files/
kudo to the one who just answered you got it faster ;)