#django

Why does /login return an empty page? https://github.com/autrilla/FarmNet/blob/master...

because you need to go to /login/ ?

FunkyBob, yeah, that returns an empty page

what's in your login.html ?

FunkyBob, https://gist.github.com/64817e4b7c25d498dcac

FunkyBob, get /login/ returns HTTP 200 OK

does it come out copletely blank?

Yes

so not even the stuff from base.html ?

base.html is empty

completely?

yes

then that's why

it has no blocks defined, so none can be extended

FunkyBob, oh. Ok, thanks

I have STATIC_URL = 'FarmNet/static/', and in a template I use <link rel="stylesheet" href={% static "css/bootstrap.css" %} />, however, django returns the same HTML as css

If that makes any sense. It returns the HTML of the page I'm loading as a .css file

why does sTATIC_URL not start with a / ?

it won't work on subpages

what do you mean "returns the HTML of the page"?

also, put quotes around the value of your href

FunkyBob, oh, so that's it

FunkyBob, I should quote the {% static %} thing?

Well, now I get a 404. It tries to load http://127.0.0.1:8000/FarmNet/static/css/bootst...

autrilla_: no, that's not it...but it doesn't help

again, why doesn't your STATIC_URL start with a / ?

I blame GUIs for people not understanding relative paths any more

FunkyBob, it starts with a /

why is that bad?

10:22 < autrilla_> I have STATIC_URL = 'FarmNet/static/'

it didn't... it should...

I have it now

FunkyBob, and it still doesn't work :/

is this using runserver?

what url is rendered? what result is given?

and what are your url patterns?

also, where is your bootstrap.css file, relative to manage.py?

FunkyBob, yes, runserver

FunkyBob, relative to manage.py my bootstrap.css is on FarmNet/static/css/

My URL patterns: https://github.com/autrilla/FarmNet/blob/master...

well, you need to add that static dir to STATICFILES_DIRS list in settings

And [29/Nov/2014 10:51:32] "GET /FarmNet/static/css/bootstrap.css HTTP/1.1" 404 1671

otherwise Django won't know to look there... since it's not in an app

FunkyBob, isn't STATIC_URL enough?

no

STATIC_URL is where it is served... the URL it appears under on the web

Oooh. So I could just leave it as /static/

has nothing to do with where django looks for hte files

yes

it would be useful if you can show me where in the staticfiles docs you find are unclear

there are plans afoot to revise it heavily

also, you really shouldn't have committed your vi .swp file :)

FunkyBob, I should add it to gitignore yeah :D

really

please tell me of your insane plans

?

I used to have problems with every project trying to figure out why staticfiles wasn't working, but I don't really that problem anymore

FunkyBob, also, why do you blame GUIs for static files? I thought STATIC_URL was the directory where my static files were. Also I use vim, so no GUIs :P

autrilla_: I don't blame guis for static files

Errr for paths

I blame guis for people not being comfortable with relative paths

Knyght: too many people stumble with staticfiles... so clearly the docs aren't up to snuff

maybe. the docs there are pretty terse.

does somebody here use ssmtp with django? or knows if it's possible?

it doesn't listen to connections afaik, so the binary would have to be called