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I'm currently in the middle of building this Django app and after I got the main parts that I wanted which were the login page and the homepage working, I decided on updating the look of my page because it was VERY basic. I've used bootstrap a ton before and I'm in love with it. However, this problem to me is a first. As you will see down below I have linked bootstrap via CDN (TWICE) and also via reference stylesheet link. Despite all these different ways of getting bootstrap my page still looks like this
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Here is my base_generic.html
{% load staticfiles %}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
{% block title %}<title>Local Library</title>{% endblock %}
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<!--<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">-->
<!--<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js"></script>-->
<!--<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>-->
<!-- Add additional CSS in static file -->
{% load static %}
<link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static 'css/styles.css' %}">
<!--<img src="{% static 'catalog/images/local_library_model_uml.png' %}" alt="My image" style="width:555px;height:540px;"/>-->
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% static 'css/bootstrap-3.3.7-dist/css/bootstrap.min.css' %}" />
</head>
<body>
{% include "header.html" %}
<div class="jumbotron">
<div class="container">
{% block content %}{% endblock %}
{% include "pagination.html" %}
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
And here is my header.html file that has my navbar
{% load staticfiles %}
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-md navbar-dark fixed-top bg-dark">
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Navbar</a>
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarsExampleDefault" aria-controls="navbarsExampleDefault" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarsExampleDefault">
<ul class="navbar-nav mr-auto">
<li class="nav-item active">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Home <span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link disabled" href="#">Disabled</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item dropdown">
<a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="http://example.com" id="dropdown01" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">Dropdown</a>
<div class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="dropdown01">
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
<form class="form-inline my-2 my-lg-0">
<input class="form-control mr-sm-2" type="text" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search">
<button class="btn btn-outline-success my-2 my-sm-0" type="submit">Search</button>
</form>
</div>
</nav>
Heres what my file structure looks like
Any input or feedback would be helpful really. I'm really stuck here.
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asked Feb 25 '26 13:02
Add this to the settings.py file:
STATICFILES_DIRS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'),]
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