{"id":171,"date":"2012-06-07T15:54:32","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T19:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lichun.cc\/blog\/?p=171"},"modified":"2012-06-07T15:54:32","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T19:54:32","slug":"fix-static_url-is-empty-in-django","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lichun.cc\/blog\/2012\/06\/fix-static_url-is-empty-in-django\/","title":{"rendered":"fix STATIC_URL is empty in Django"},"content":{"rendered":"

When using static files in my Django application, the STATIC_URL is empty even I set it in the setting.py, after a few research, here is how I fixed it.<\/p>\n

My static image files are located at movie\/static\/img<\/b> (my application is movie<\/b>)<\/p>\n

1. in views.py<\/p>\n

\nfrom django.template import RequestContext\n<\/pre>\n
if you use render_to_response, make sure you add context_instance=RequestContext(request)<\/code> in it,<\/p>\n
render_to_response('movie\/index.html', {'movie_list': movie_list}, context_instance=RequestContext(request));<\/pre>\n
<\/p>\n
2. in settings.py, make sure there are following lines:<\/p>\n
\nSTATIC_URL = '\/static\/'\n\nTEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (\n'django.core.context_processors.debug',\n'django.core.context_processors.i18n',\n'django.core.context_processors.media',\n'django.core.context_processors.static',\n'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',\n'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',\n)\n<\/pre>\n
3. in template, the usage is:<\/p>\n
<img src=\"{{ STATIC_URL }}img\/{{ movie.image }}\" \/><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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