Configuring Static Files

Snippet

To serve CSS, JavaScript, and images, you must define where Django looks for these files during development using the STATICFILES_DIRS setting.

snippet.py
python
# settings.py
STATIC_URL = 'static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = [
    BASE_DIR / "static",
]

django

Breakdown

STATIC_URL = 'static/'

The URL prefix used when referring to static files in templates.

STATICFILES_DIRS = [ ... ]

A list of filesystem directories where Django will search for additional static files.

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