Static files are not found

Using Django Deployment
1

Hi, i need help with my project as after deployment when viewing my site only html files without (css, js and images) below is the my settings.py on static files

STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_ROOT = [
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '/static')
]

MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')

and below is the project static file arrangement

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after running collecting static the files were placed at home directory inside a folder named nyawiguschool/statics

2

Your web server then needs to be configured to serve files from the static url from the directory where the static files get placed.

3

okay, and how do i do that please show me an example

4

What web server are you using? (Nginx? Apache? Something else?) What is your configuration for your project for your server?

5

Hi, Same error occurred to me after adding js and images.

Try installing whitenoise middleware which serves static files without the server.

Pip/pip3 install whitenoise and include it in the installed apps

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'home',
    'forum',
    'ckeditor',
    'whitenoise.runserver_nostatic',
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles'
]

Include it in the middleware

MIDDLEWARE = [
    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
    "whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware",
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
]

Include the following in settings.py

STATICFILES_STORAGE = ('whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage')
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')

I am using it as a temporary fix. if you are using large number of media files you might have to find an alternative.
Let me know if it worked.

6

Thanks for reply however the solution dont seems to work on my side

7

Am using LiteSpeed server

8

Then we need to see your LightSpeed configuration file for your application.

Also, are you using OpenLightSpeed or the commercial version? Is this a host that you have full control over or a shared host?

There seems to be a pretty good guide at Running Python WSGI Apps with LSAPI – OpenLiteSpeed