Handling Static Files in Django

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The CSS, images, javascript files required by a web page are called static files. Let's learn how to add these static files in Django

Step 1

Create a folder named 'static' in your app and add an image, a CSS file and a JavaScript file in it.

Your CSS file (Eg: mystyle.css) will look like this:-

body{
    background-color:cadetblue;
    font-family:"verdana";
}

Step 2

Your JS file (Eg: myscript.js) will look like this

document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "Welcome to ABC Company";
document.getElementById("demo").style.color = "white";

Step 3

Load and link your static files in your index template

{% load static %}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
    <head>
        <meta charset="UTF-8">
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static 'mystyle.css' %}">
        <title>Home Page</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <nav>
        	<a href="/">Home</a>
        	<a href="/about">About</a>
        	<a href="/contact">Contact</a>
        </nav>
        
        <h1>Home</h1>
        
        <img src="{% static 'image.jpg' %}" alt="">
        
        <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Obcaecati error 
        iusto quos veritatis tenetur eveniet totam cum neque quas voluptatibus quod dicta, 
        pariatur exercitationem sit perferendis reprehenderit ea fugit voluptatum.</p>
        
        <script src="{% static 'myscript.js' %}"></script>
    </body>
</html>

Step 4

Run the project and see the output

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