How to deploy static files with Django - django

Question

I've been trying to deploy the static .css files and stuff for a website my classmates and I have been doing. Right now we have kind of crap styling and stuff so we decided to use some code from Bootstrap to make it looks nice.
After editing my settings.py and doing python manage.py collectstatic, the static files were put into the static/ folder. Upon using the runserver command, none of the styling changes have been made. I've been looking on Google for a while but I have not discovered the solution.
I want to get it working on my local machine before I push it to PythonAnywhere.
Any help will be appreciated.
Here is my settings.py file
"""
Django settings for Dreadnaught project.
For more information on this file, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/topics/settings/
For the full list of settings and their values, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/ref/settings/
"""
# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
import os
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/howto/deployment/checklist/
# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = GOTCHA!
# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = True
TEMPLATE_DEBUG = True
ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
# Application definition
INSTALLED_APPS = (
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
'TTT'
)
MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
)
ROOT_URLCONF = 'Dreadnaught.urls'
WSGI_APPLICATION = 'Dreadnaught.wsgi.application'
# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/ref/settings/#databases
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
'NAME': 'Dreadnaught',
'USER': 'root',
'PASSWORD': 'root',
'HOST': '',
'PORT': '',
}
}
# Internationalization
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/topics/i18n/
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
USE_I18N = True
USE_L10N = True
USE_TZ = True
# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/howto/static-files/
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATIC_PATH = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')
STATICFILES_DIRS = ()
TEMPLATE_PATH = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')
TEMPLATE_DIRS = (TEMPLATE_PATH,)

Answer 1

If you want to serve your css and js files in production mode you must change Debug true to false.
DEBUG=False
For reference STATIC