Static assets not found in Django web application
I am new to Django. This is my first attempt to set up a project in Django. I have run this application before and all my static files were displaying as expected. But after some time and restarting my machine, the static files are no longer displaying.
The version of Django is 5.1.3
Here is the project structure
And this is the error messages I get
My settings.py is as follows:
"""
Django settings for DebbyrichCollections project.
Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 5.1.3.
For more information on this file, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/topics/settings/
For the full list of settings and their values, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/
"""
from pathlib import Path
from django.conf.urls.static import static
import os
# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/howto/deployment/checklist/
# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = 'django-insecure-%0!($(z=yfs)tik4630krj64)m+h7o12@bujz)v+lh5j+3z%7='
# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = True
ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
# Application definition
INSTALLED_APPS = [
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles'
]
MIDDLEWARE = [
'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
'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',
]
ROOT_URLCONF = 'DebbyrichCollections.urls'
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR,'templates')],
'APP_DIRS': True,
'OPTIONS': {
'context_processors': [
'django.template.context_processors.debug',
'django.template.context_processors.request',
'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
],
},
},
]
WSGI_APPLICATION = 'DebbyrichCollections.wsgi.application'
# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#databases
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
}
}
# Password validation
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
},
{
'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
},
]
from django.conf import settings
# Internationalization
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/topics/i18n/
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
USE_I18N = True
USE_TZ = True
# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/howto/static-files/
STATIC_URL = 'static/'
STATICFILEDIRS = [
os.path.join(BASE_DIR,STATIC_URL)
] + static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=os.path.join(settings.BASE_DIR, 'static'))
# Default primary key field type
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'