Static files (css, js and images) not served

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I checked out askbot code from github using the following command

git clone git://github.com/ASKBOT/askbot-devel.git

And ran the following command

python setup.py develop

I deployed it on my webserver by following the instructions at http://askbot.org/doc/index.html When I visit my website it looks like the following Image.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/750152/askbot.png

All the css rendering is gone. Am I missing some step ?

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kintali

asked 2012-04-29 14:06:59 -0600

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Evgeny

updated 2012-04-29 14:13:13 -0600

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If you are using Apache, in the settings.py file, modify STATIC_URL with '/static/' and run python manage.py collectstatic.
Then follow http://askbot.org/doc/deployment.html

tristan

answered 2012-04-29 14:41:24 -0600

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Evgeny

updated 2012-04-29 15:00:27 -0600

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STATIC_URL should be '/static/' - with the leading and the trailing slash.

Evgeny (2012-04-29 14:49:21 -0600) edit

Yes that right... oops...

tristan (2012-04-29 14:55:35 -0600) edit

I have the following settings : MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'askbot', 'upfiles') MEDIA_URL = '/upfiles/' STATIC_URL = '/m/'#this must be different from MEDIA_URL

PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.dirname(__file__) STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'static')

kintali (2012-04-29 14:57:13 -0600) edit

And the virtualhost ?

tristan (2012-04-29 15:04:26 -0600) edit

I don't see virtualhost in settings.py

kintali (2012-04-29 15:16:59 -0600) edit

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The issue you are seeing is that static files are not served with DEBUG=False, so the site appears unstyled.

With runserver, please use DEBUG=True, as in production mode static files are not served by django.

Please run python manage.py collectstatic - to collect the static files for production and configure your webserver to serve the static resources directly.

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Evgeny

answered 2012-04-29 14:12:25 -0600, updated 2012-04-29 14:13:45 -0600

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I ran python manage.py collectstatic. How do I configure to serve static resources directly ?

kintali (2012-04-29 14:38:13 -0600) edit

Is DEBUG setting True or False?

Evgeny (2012-04-29 14:39:34 -0600) edit

Oh, you need to add Alias settings (or equivalent) to your webserver configuration. For Apache you need something like Alias /static/ /path/to/django-project/static/, where the second path will be specific to your setup.

Evgeny (2012-04-29 14:40:31 -0600) edit

DEBUG=False. I am using the same configuration file mentioned at http://askbot.org/doc/deployment.html Is there an issue with permissions ? What permissions are needed for django-project and other directories ?

kintali (2012-04-29 14:54:02 -0600) edit

With DEBUG=False you have to serve static files yourself - via the webserver. With DEBUG=True django will serve static files. For production it is very inefficient to serve static files via python (django). It could be that files are inaccessible to the webserver process. It could be for example because one of the directories above the static files being inaccessible to the effective user that runs the webserver process.

Evgeny (2012-04-29 15:04:29 -0600) edit