[Django]-Django: Can't render STATIC_URL from settings in template

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You have to use context_instance=RequestContext(request) in your render_to_response, for example:

return render_to_response('my_template.html',
                          my_data_dictionary,
                          context_instance=RequestContext(request))

Or use the new shortcut render

As Dave pointed out, you should check if django.core.context_processors.static is in your TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS variable in settings.py. As the docs said, it`s there by default.

👤Fábio Diniz

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It is not recommended to directly use the STATIC_URL variable. See the accepted answer in this question

Instead of 

{{STATIC_URL}}stylesheets/tabs.css

use

{% load staticfiles %}
{% static 'stylesheets/tabs.css' %}
👤aliteralmind

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I have the same problem, solved like this:

in settings.py
add:

django.template.context_processors.static

here:

TEMPLATES = [
{
    'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
    'DIRS': TEMPLATE_DIRS,
    'APP_DIRS': True,
    'OPTIONS': {
        'context_processors': [
            'django.template.context_processors.debug',
            'django.template.context_processors.request',
            'django.template.context_processors.static',
            'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
            'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
        ],
    },
},

]

👤iqmaker

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