First I created a "static" folder and added a css file in this folder. Then I added STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / 'myStaticFiles' in the 'settings.py'. I followed a tutorial.
I run this command: py manage.py collectstatic
All the files copied to 'myStaticFiles'.
Now, it's my question: Should I add more css files in the 'static' folder or 'myStaticFiles'? It's a bit confusing to me.
Django Tutorials
I followed the tutorials step by step, but didn't get the result. Explained as above.
You should:
STATIC_URL = 'static/'
STATIC_ROOT = 'static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = [
BASE_DIR / 'YourProjectName/static'
]
In settings.py
And the "myStaticFiles" folder should be inside your project
Related
I am trying to deploy the app on Heroku but when I run the following command: "python manage.py collectstatic" it returns multiple "Found another file with the destination path 'admin...".
When I "git push heroku" the app, I can see the same error.
Next, the application works, but /admin page doesn't have any format, like it is not reading css, font, etc. I've checked staticfiles/admin and it has its css,font,img and js folder with files.
I've tried all the advices given here, but I'm not finding a solution. Here my settings (see my comments at the end of the code):
import os
import django_heroku
# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
.
.
.
# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/howto/static-files/
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'staticfiles') #Heroku
#STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static') #ok for IBM Cloud
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(STATIC_ROOT, 'media') # if I comment this line and
MEDIA_URL = '/media/' # this line, /admin page has correct css but I don't have images in the application
# Extra places for collectstatic to find static files.(extra heroku)
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'),
)
# Next line makes application not work, it shows database errors
django_heroku.settings(locals())
"""
so, I added "release: python manage.py migrate" to procfile, now the app works,
/admin shows format ok, but database seems to be empty, no information is displayed on
site pages, and admin users don't exist anymore (my database is sqlite3).
"""
And what I get when "git push heroku master" is:
remote: Found another file with the destination path 'admin/img/selector-icons.svg'. It will be ignored since only the first encountered file is collected. If this is not what you want, make sure every static file has a unique path.
remote: Found another file with the destination path 'admin/img/calendar-icons.svg'. It will be ignored since only the first encountered file is collected. If this is not what you want, make sure every static file has a unique path.
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Please help
I wrote css file and then save it all changes happen and when I run collect static command and then I again change css files no changes displayed on browser nothing happen at all.
It may be due to cache problem. So, you can try this on your browser which will reload from start:
Ctrl + R
I would suggest to double check the settings.py if the STATICFILES_DIRS and STATIC_URL is declared there. An example below-
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = [
'static',
]
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
MEDIA_ROOT = 'media'
Then create a static folder and media folder where manage.py file is located. Then run the python3 manage.py collectstatic. Hope it works.
It is due to catch problem.
ctrl +f5
Is the solution
I have a frontend react app, after using npm run build it creates build folder with:
build
favicon.ico
index.html
service-woker.js
static
After using django's python manage.py collectstatic I noticed what django has done was that it pulls out only the static folder, favicon.ico is not pulled out. So, my website icon doesn't work.
In my index.html, <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon.ico" />
In my settings.py
STATICFILES_DIRS = [
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '../frontend/build/static')
]
STATIC_ROOT = '/var/www/web/home/static/'
STATIC_URL = 'home/static/'
In chrome inspect in the headers element:
<link rel="icon" href="./home/favicon.ico">
How do I get it to display my web icon. Thankyou!
It is clear in documentation that Django collectstatic looks only for files in folders that are set in
STATICFILES_DIRS = [
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '../frontend/build/static')
]
This will copy all files from your static folders into the STATIC_ROOT
directory.
your favicon is not in any of listed staticfiles directiories
Second thing is that Django static files are only accessible from full STATIC_URL path ( you cannot use just .home/ path)
Fix would be one of following
to simply add icon inside static folder
use ngnix to serve static files and add proper blocks ( prefered )
change STATIC_ROOT='/var/www/web/home/' and STATIC_URL = 'home/' ( note this way index.html and rest of files in home would be accessible as staticfiles)
I have started to develop a Django project with currently 3 apps (registration, monitor and randomization)
I wand to set parameters for statics files.
I am using bootstrap 4.0 and I have currently only one css files for sticky footer
as this css is for all template of the project, I have created a static folder at the project's root:
-project
- settings.py
- monitor
- randomization
- registration
- static
- css
- styles.css
- images
and in my settings.py
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
os.path.join(BASE_DIR,'static'),
)
STATIC_ROOT = 'D:/Users/jl3/DevSpace/intenseTBM_eTool/static/'
I have run the commande collectatic but I have an error:
ERRORS:
?: (staticfiles.E002) The STATICFILES_DIRS setting should not contain the STATIC_ROOT setting.
how can I set 'global' static files for my project?
how should I set parameters?
Well the error is pretty clear.
Also, if the STATIC_ROOT is the same as in STATICFILES_DIRS, there is no need to set it in your settings. STATICFILES_DIRS is the list of folders where Django will search for additional static files, in addition to each static folder of each app installed. STATIC_ROOT is the folder where every static files will be stored after a manage.py collectstatic.
I have a MyApp/static/MyApp directory.
When I run ./manage.py collectstatic, I expect the MyApp directory be copied to STATIC_ROOT, but it doesn't.
I have DownloadedApp/static/DownloadedApp as well and its copied to STATIC_ROOT fine.
What am I missing?
What are the STATIC_ROOT, STATICFILES_FINDERS, and STATICFILES_DIRS in your settings.py?
When collectstatic is run, the default STATICFILES_FINDERS value django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder will collect your static files from any paths that you have in STATICFILES_DIRS.
The other default STATICFILES_FINDERS value django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder will look in the /static/ folder of any apps in your INSTALLED_APPS.
All of the static files that are found will be placed in the specified STATIC_ROOT directory.
Check out this link to the collectstatic docs
And this link an explanation of the various static settings in settings.py
You can also use python manage.py findstatic to see which directories collectstatic will look in.
just do this and make the naming convention same
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = [
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')
]
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'assets')
static directory contains all off your project assets
assets directory will create automatic when u run this cmd
python3 manage.py collectstatic
this will copy all static folder content into assets folder
hope this helps :)
That just happened to me and I accidentally put the app's static files directory in the .gitignore file. So on my local machine it got collected just fine, but in production the static files were actually missing (gitignored).
your are missing the STATIC_ROOT where your static files going to be copied just
add this line in your settings.py
STATIC_ROOT=os.path.join(BASE_DIR,'staticfiles')
your settings.py looks like this :
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATIC_ROOT=os.path.join(BASE_DIR,'staticfiles')
#added manully
STATICFILES_DIRS = [
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static")
]
remember to add STAIC_ROOT path in urls.py
from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path, include
from django.conf import settings
from django.conf.urls.static import static
urlpatterns = [
path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
path("" ,include("home.urls")),
]+static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)
After all of it you can run :
python manage.py collectstatic
it will create a staticfiles folder for you in your Dir
This happened to me because while investigating a bug occurring on certain dates, changed my computer date and time.
Hence it disturbed things like collectstatic, and also my browser history.
Don't change your computer date and time.
I was under the impression the comparison would be content based. It turned out to be date based. So, don't mess with your files after collecstatic.
One Quick work-around, although this does not fix it or explain WHY it's happening, is to:
go to your project's file directory & rename your project's
'static' folder to something else like 'static-old'
create a new,empty folder called 'static' in your project directory
now if you run python manage.py collectstatic it will see that nothing is
in your static folder and will copy ALL static files over.
if you have setup everything properly for static and you are using nginx then enter this command
sudo nginx -t
You will see error why your static files aren't being served and fix that specific error
In my case I gave wrong path in my nginx config
location /static {
root /home/ubuntu/myproject/app/static/;
}