django-admin and static files

Question

I'm new to django and recently I'm following this tutorial to write a todo-list app. In part 2 I should customize the admin's change_list template and add an image into it. At first I use

<img class='btn' src='static/img/on.png'>

but it turns out to be invalid. Can anybody figure out what's the problem is? Thanks a lot.

Here is my folder structure

todo-list
   todo-app
        img
          ----on.png
          ----off.png
   templates
        admin
           ----change_list.html
   todo-list

Right, but if you don't have a `static` folder in your app folder, then how do you expect it work? — Lev Levitsky, Jan 31 '13 at 12:11
as @Lev Levitsky said, you need to add static folder under `todo-app` app in that you need to place `img` folder — kartheek, Jan 31 '13 at 12:26

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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you can't access the static file( images, css, js ) directly in django

to serve the static files you need to use {{ MEDIA_URL }} or {{STATIC_URL}} for that How do I include image files in Django templates?, and this link

this will helps u :)

edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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answered Jan 31 '13 at 10:53

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I think it's `{{ STATIC_URL }}` in newer versions. – Lev Levitsky Jan 31 '13 at 10:54
am used this in 1.4 version also – kartheek Jan 31 '13 at 10:59
I've already add `urlpatterns += staticfiles_urlpatterns()` in the urls.py,and I can access the image using `` in normal templates, but I can't do this in admin template,so I think it's a problem with admin? – Elwin Jan 31 '13 at 11:55

django-admin and static files

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