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Apache server cannot find static files in Django project

I am trying to upload my code on apache server using mod_python. I tried a lot, but the server cannot access my static files (all my images, js and css). Here are my Virtualhost settings:

<VirtualHost *:80> ServerName mysite.com ServerAlias www.mysite.com Alias /static/ /home/mysite/products/static/ # RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.mysite\.com RewriteRule (.*) http://mysite.com$1 [R=301,L] # DocumentRoot /home <Directory /home/mysite/> SetHandler mod_python PythonHandler mod_python.publisher PythonDebug On </Directory> <Directory /> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None </Directory> ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/ <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin"> AllowOverride None Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit, # alert, emerg. LogLevel warn CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined </VirtualHost>

my access log:

 "GET /giftproducts/static/js/top.js HTTP/1.1" 404 1487 "http://xxx.xxx.xx.xxx/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_7_3) AppleWebKit/537.31 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/26.0.1410.65 Safari/537.31" xxx.xxx.xx.xxx - - [23/Apr/2013:15:09:52 -0500] "GET /giftproducts/static/css/index.css HTTP/1.1" 404 1486 "http://xxx.xxx.xx.xxx/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_7_3) AppleWebKit/537.31 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/26.0.1410.65 Safari/537.31"

(404 pages not found, WHY ??)

settings.py:

 import os import sys path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__))) MEDIA_ROOT = path + '/products/media/' MEDIA_URL = '/media/' PROJECT_ROOT = path STATIC_ROOT = path + '/products/static/' STATIC_URL = '/products/static/' STATICFILES_DIRS = ( path, ) STATICFILES_FINDERS = ( 'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder', 'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder', # 'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.DefaultStorageFinder', ) TEMPLATE_DIRS = ( path + '/products/templates', ) #this works, since it is loading the html

I tried to give paths like "/ static / x" and "{{STATIC_URL}} x", but nothing works.

Any help on this would be great. Thanks.

UPDATE: in addition to what Glyn suggested below, I added these lines to my urls.py and then it worked.

 if settings.DEBUG: urlpatterns += patterns('', (r'^static/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', {'document_root': settings.STATIC_ROOT}), )
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1) Have you installed your static files correctly on your virtual host? I do not see them...

i.e.

  Alias /media/ /products/static Alias /static/ /products/static <Directory /products/static> Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory>

2) In your templates always use {{ STATIC_URL }} to extract static files, this is best practice.

3) Add django.contrib.staticfiles and run the collectstatic control command

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