Django, trouble with static files

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I'm having a lot of trouble getting all my static files to serve up. In my settings.py, I have:

STATIC_URL = '/static/'

I'm using Django 1.6, and according to the official documentation https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/static-files/

Since I have debug=True, this should suffice.

Then in my templates:

<link type="text/javascript" href="{% static 'jquery-1.11.1.js' %}" />
<link type="text/javascript" href="{% static 'jquery-1.11.1.min.js' %}" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% static 'bootstrap.min.css' %}" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% static 'jumbotron.css' %}" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% static 'custom.css' %}" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% static 'simple-sidebar.css' %}" />

All the CSS works fine. When I load my page, looking in Chrome's developer tools, they're coming from /static, and I have all these files stored in the same dir. But the .js files are not loading at all. They work fine if I link to the CDN.

Note that you're loading jQuery twice... Once minimised and once not. — Basic, May 22 '14 at 18:01
Just a wild shot, would you change you href to src in js importing — Jerry Meng, May 22 '14 at 18:02
@Basic Yes, I had both of those there because I can't get it to work and I'm just throwing stuff against the wall to see if it works. I've tried it with both .min.js alone and .js alone and the issue persists. — Steven Werner, May 22 '14 at 18:15
@JerryMeng Can you give me an example of what that would look like? — Steven Werner, May 22 '14 at 18:15
I believe @JerryMeng meant `` - note `src` not `href`. I [don't think this will work](http://stackoverflow.com/a/2631785/156755). Try changing it to be `` — Basic, May 22 '14 at 18:30
@Basic, ah yes! I just noticed the src but forgot the tag name. I thought it is kind of weird of using link, but didn't realize it should be script. — Jerry Meng, May 22 '14 at 18:36
@JerryMeng I did something similar... Assumed href would be ok if link was used but didn't think link was wrong until you made me look twice. Such is life. — Basic, May 22 '14 at 18:45

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

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As I said in the comments, with <script> tags, they shouldn't be self-closing so

<script type="text/javascript" src="{% static 'jquery-1.11.1.min.js' %}"></script>

note the <script ...></script> instead of <script .../>

This is probably why your subsequent link tags aren't being processed properly

edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

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answered May 22 '14 at 20:50

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I see. That did it! Thank you sir. – Steven Werner May 22 '14 at 22:22
My pleasure. If our answers helped you, consider upvoting and/or accepting with the arrows and tick on the left. Welcome to SO and hope to see you around in future – Basic May 23 '14 at 06:56

Lorenz Meyer · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-23T04:58:40.510

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What is link in

<link type="text/javascript" href="{% static 'jquery-1.11.1.min.js' %}" />

It should be

<script type="text/javascript" src="{% static 'jquery-1.11.1.min.js' %}"></script>

edited May 23 '14 at 04:58

answered May 22 '14 at 18:48

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Thanks, this fixed my Jquery, but for some reason my Bootstrap is now broken, so in my template: ` ` – Steven Werner May 22 '14 at 19:49

Django, trouble with static files

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