admin css / static content wasn't loading

[leotreasure@…]

Hi,

Following this ​https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/intro/tutorial02/ lead me to an admin page with no css styling. I mucked around for about an hour before working it out.

I asked on the IRC channel and was recommended this page ​https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/howto/static-files/ where I found the solution.

My suggestion is to add these steps onto the tutorial02 website:
set the STATIC_ROOT = "/home/jacob/projects/mysite.com/sitestatic" to your mysite static folder in settings.py
and
Run the collectstatic management command:
./manage.py collectstatic

Regards,

Leo

[leotreasure@…]

I realise I've used the dev tutorial link however both 1.3 and dev tutorials look similar, so I recommend changes be submitted to both versions.

[Ramiro Morales]

Just to be sure: What version of Django were you using when you followed the tutorial? What version of the tutorial did you follow?

[Russell Keith-Magee]

If you're running the tutorial as described, you shouldn't need to run collectstatic. The built-in runserver will serve static media from exactly the same sources that collectstatic will generate them. The only reason you would need to run collectstatic is:

1. You're running the tutorial code through a full web server, not the development server
2. You've missed a step in the tutorial.