Linking my CSS file to my Django Project - css

Question

I am trying to link my css files to my Django Project. Not sure where the error is.
This is how my settings file look like:
STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
'/Users/IMAC/work3/Blog/Blog/polls/static',
'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
# 'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.DefaultStorageFinder',
)
STATIC_ROOT = ''
STATIC_URL = '/Users/IMAC/work3/Blog/Blog/polls/static'
This is how my html file looks like:
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ STATIC_URL }}gameserver.css">
This is how my css file looks like:
#tuna{color:red;}
body {background-color:blue;}
Must i change anything else? Why might be my error? Not sure where I am making my mistake...
Where should my static folder be? inside the app or inside the same folder as the app?

Answer 1

Remove '/Users/IMAC/work3/Blog/Blog/polls/static' from STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
And your STATIC_ROOT should be
STATIC_ROOT = '/Users/IMAC/work3/Blog/Blog/polls/static/'
and
STATIC_URL = '/static/'

Answer 2

You've misunderstood what the various settings do:
STATIC_FILES_FINDERS is a list of Python classes which Django uses to search for static files, it is not a list of places where static files are stored.
STATIC_ROOT is the directory where the static files are stored.
STATIC_URL is the URL that should point to the static files.
In your case you want something like this:
STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
# 'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.DefaultStorageFinder',
)
STATIC_ROOT = '/Users/IMAC/work3/Blog/Blog/polls/static'
STATIC_URL = '/static/'

Answer 3

My mistake is i forgot context_instance=RequestContext(request).
If {{ STATIC_URL }} isn't working in your template, you're probably not using RequestContext when rendering the template