Styles not loading in Django-CodePudding

I have a site that needs some custom styles in Django and I can't get the static file to load.

I have a static folder inside my main folder - The one where manage.py lives, Inside there is a CSS folder that contains a style.css.

At the top of base.html, I load

{% load static %}

Then in the head of my HTML I load

 <link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static 'css/styles.css' %}">

and in my settings.py file I have loaded in

# Static file route
STATIC_URL = 'static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = [
    BASE_DIR / "static",
]

When I load I just get a blank CSS file and no styles load, I'm fairly new to Django so please be kind, and thanks in advance.

Also, I want make sure my static folder is created in the right place:

CodePudding user response：

Try

STATIC_URL = 'static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = [
    BASE_DIR / "static",
]

where BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent

check also that you have

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
]

CodePudding user response：

You have to run in terminal:

python manage.py collectstatic

After every change of static files if I remember correctly.

Other then that, pressing F12 in a browser can show why a specific file isn't loading. So can the terminal/console where Django is running(or log files if no access to it).