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I'm trying to compile SASS and compress CSS files with django pipeline on Django 1.6.3, but I get the following error after visiting my site:
ValueError: The file 'css/test2.css' could not be found with <pipeline.storage.PipelineCachedStorage object at 0x0585DF50>.
I configured pipeline following the guide on readthedocs.org: I added pipeline to INSTALLED_APPS then I defined STATIC_URL and STATIC_ROOT:
STATIC_URL = '/test/forum/skins/default/media/'
STATIC_ROOT = '/test/forum/skins/default/media/'
Folders tree:
I added SASSCompiler to PIPELINE_COMPILERS and then I added the path to the file to be compressed:
# pipeline settings
STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'pipeline.storage.PipelineCachedStorage'
PIPELINE_COMPILERS = (
'pipeline.compilers.sass.SASSCompiler',
)
PIPELINE_CSS = {
'main': {
'source_filenames': (
'css/test.scss',
),
'output_filename': 'css/test2.css',
},
}
Finally I linked the css to my XHTML index:
{% load compressed %}
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
{% compressed_css 'main' %}
</head>
I do not understand what I did wrong. Thanks for any help!
When I run collectstatic this copy the files from django and not from my project
F:\DEV\DJANGO\apps\test>python manage.py collectstatic
You have requested to collect static files at the destination
location as specified in your settings:
F:\test\forum\skins\default\media
This will overwrite existing files!
Are you sure you want to do this?
Type 'yes' to continue, or 'no' to cancel: yes
Copying 'F:\DEV\DJANGO\apps\django\django\contrib\admin\static\admin\css\base.
css'
Copying 'F:\DEV\DJANGO\apps\django\django\contrib\admin\static\admin\css\chang
elists.css'
Copying 'F:\DEV\DJANGO\apps\django\django\contrib\admin\static\admin\css\dashb
oard.css'
Copying 'F:\DEV\DJANGO\apps\django\django\contrib\admin\static\admin\css\forms
.css'
Copying 'F:\DEV\DJANGO\apps\django\django\contrib\admin\static\admin\css\ie.cs
s'
[etc .... ]
But the path F:\test\forum\skins\default\media is wrong, my project is located
in F:\DEV\DJANGO\apps\test\forum\skins\default\media.
Then I tried to find the static file:
F:\DEV\DJANGO\apps\test> python manage.py findstatic css/main.css
No matching file found for 'css/main.css'.
But the file exists.
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In Django's settings.py, the STATIC_ROOT variable tells Django where to move your static files, whereas STATIC_URL is the URL path that users will see and from where you can access the files within the browser. See the Django documentation on static files:
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#static-files
For example, lets's say you have the following in your settings.py file:
STATIC_ROOT = "/var/www/example.com/static/"
STATIC_URL = "/static/"
Now, let's you are doing your software development on the same machine within /home/fuiba/git/your-django-project/. Within your Django project you have a sub-directory called static, and within that directory you have a file called custom.css. The full path to this file is:
`/home/fuiba/git/your-django-project/static/custom.css`
Now, after running python manage.py collectstatic your style sheet is moved to your STATIC_ROOT directory. Now you start the web server and you can access the static file via the project's STATIC_URL. So, let's assume you run the web server on the localhost on port 8000, you can access the stylesheet from your browser at the following location:
http://localhost:8000/static/custom.css
Ok, that's the foundation for how it works. In your case, you appear to be developing under Windows, so there's a few caveats. First, don't use backslashes ('\') in your paths, use only forward slashes. However, you still must specify the drive letter and colon. So, let's set your STATIC_ROOT to:
STATIC_ROOT = "F:/DEV/DJANGO/apps/test-static-root/"
I'm choosing this so you don't pollute your test project directory, and a sibling directory should be created in the above location with your static files within.
Let me know how you get along, and I'll try to provide more details.
Good luck!
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