Re: Django static files STATIC_ROOT vs STATICFILES_FINDERS

There is a slight difference:

• STATIC_ROOT is where you would like the files to be collected to when you run "manage.py collectstatic" and should be empty to begin with.
• STATICFILES_DIRS is where the actual files are located and they will be automagically servered under the development server.
• You can also create a folder called "static" in any app and put files in there.

Regards
Phil

On 23/04/2012 12:32, gnesher wrote:

Hi,  I'm not sure if this is a bug or am I missing something but I've created a very simple test environment and placed a single png file within my static folder.  The file is being served fine when I set : STATIC_ROOT = '' STATICFILES_DIRS = (     '/Users/guynesher/Work/play/quicktest/testproj/static/', )  however I'm geting a 404 error when I set it like this : STATIC_ROOT = '/Users/guynesher/Work/play/quicktest/testproj/static/' STATICFILES_DIRS = ( )  Based on the STATICFILES_DIRS comment (Additional locations of static files) I expected I will only need to use it if I have multiple static files directory which doesn't seem to be the case.  What am I missing here?  

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