Admin static files not loading with dev server

[jrhorn424@…]

Django version 1.4b1

I noticed that the "add" buttons inside model pages lacked the "plus" icon next to "add". Starting runserver_plus from django-extensions seems to indicate the problem might be with django.contrib.staticfiles.

Server log:

127.0.0.1 - - [01/Mar/2012 13:35:52] "GET /admin/survey/category/ HTTP/1.1" 200 -
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Mar/2012 13:35:52] "GET /admin/jsi18n/ HTTP/1.1" 200 -
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Mar/2012 13:35:53] "GET /static/admin/img/admin/nav-bg-reverse.gif HTTP/1.1" 404 -
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Mar/2012 13:35:53] "GET /static/admin/img/admin/tool-left.gif HTTP/1.1" 404 -
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Mar/2012 13:35:53] "GET /static/admin/img/admin/tooltag-add.gif HTTP/1.1" 404 -
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Mar/2012 13:35:53] "GET /static/admin/img/admin/default-bg.gif HTTP/1.1" 404 -
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Mar/2012 13:35:53] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 404 -

Relevant settings:

# Absolute path to the directory static files should be collected to.
# Don't put anything in this directory yourself; store your static files
# in apps' "static/" subdirectories and in STATICFILES_DIRS.
# Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/static/"
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'static')

# URL prefix for static files.
# Example: "http://media.lawrence.com/static/"
STATIC_URL = '/static/'

<snip>

STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
)

[Jannis Leidel]

I can't reproduce this, but a bug was fixed in django-extensions a while ago: ​https://github.com/django-extensions/django-extensions/pull/124/files

You may have to upgrade django-extensions.