URL for Static files in Django Project

Question

I am running Django project at suburl like www.example.com/django . Everything is working fine but my static files are not working on this suburl since they the url they are taking is main like www.example.com/static/path_to_files but it should take the url as www.example.com/django/static/path_to_files.

This can be the case for other urls too because I think whenever I use any url for any link it must take the hostname with the suburl like www.example.com/django instead of www.example.com .

you can also see this question of mine for more information about server configuration files.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 29 '14 at 14:05

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In settings.py try:

STATIC_URL = '/django/static/'

More information here: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/static-files/

answered Sep 29 '14 at 14:05

aldo_vw

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Yes it is working but for static files only . I need the same for all kind of urls . – Inforian Sep 29 '14 at 15:09
Try adding `django` at the beginning of each `url` in `urlpatterns` – aldo_vw Sep 29 '14 at 16:36

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 29 '14 at 15:17

You can serve them manually during development by adding the lines to urls.py:

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    # Media files
    url(r'^media/(?P<path>.*)$',
        'django.views.static.serve',
        {'document_root': settings.MEDIA_ROOT, 'show_indexes': True}
    ),

    # Static files
    url(r'^static/(?P<path>.*)$',
        'django.views.static.serve',
        {'document_root': settings.STATIC_ROOT, 'show_indexes': True}
    ),
)

Don't use this in production, and read the doc, its well explained.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 29 '14 at 18:54

Define MEDIA_URL and STATIC_URL in settings.py

MEDIA_URL = /django/media
STATIC_URL = /django/static

Then prepend this variable while defining url in templates:

<a href="{{ MEDIA_URL }}/path_to_media_file/">media</a>
<img src="{{ STATIC_URL }}/path_to_static_file" />

Now you can use these variables wherever you want to create urls.

URL for Static files in Django Project

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