the static tag should be
{% static 'mainsite/bootstrap.css' %}
according to the layout you said
On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 8:30 PM, Sithembewena Lloyd Dube <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have a Django 1.7.1 project structured as per documentation. In it, I
> have an app called "mainsite". In mainsite, I have
> templates/mainsite/index.html and static/mainsite/bootstrap.css. In the
> index template, I use {% load staticfiles %} and then for css I have the
> following link: <link href="{% static "css/bootstrap.css" %}"
> rel="stylesheet"> However, when I load the page in the browser, the css
> does not load and when in "view source" mode, I click the link href
> ("/static/css/bootstrap.css"). This generates a 404 error.
>
> What am I missing? Any suggestions welcome.
>
> P.S: I have the STATIC_URL = '/static/' setting defined in the settings
> file.
>
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