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Python Django Basics Django Templates Static Assets

Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points
Posted by Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points

TemplateSyntaxError at / Invalid block tag on line 9: 'static'. Did you forget to register or load this tag?

Not sure why I'm getting this error. My code is identical to Kenneth's, except that I used a list instead of tuple for STATICFILES_DIRS, because I'm using a newer version of Django.

I'm using my local environment rather than Workspaces.

Here are just the pertinent parts of my files for this lesson:

settings.py 
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = [
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'assets'),
]
urls.py 
urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^courses/', include('courses.urls')),
    url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
    url(r'^$', views.homepage),
]

urlpatterns += staticfiles_urlpatterns()
layout.html 
%{ load static from staticfiles %}

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <title>{% block title %}{% endblock %}</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% static 'css/layout.css' %}">

1 Answer

Ryan S
Ryan S
27,276 Points
Ryan S
Ryan S
27,276 Points

Hi Greg,

In layout.html on line 1, it seems you have the incorrect syntax for the opening template tag. You have %{ when it should be {%.

This is causing the template error on line 9 because the static template tag hasn't been successfully loaded.

Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points
Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points

:unamused: it's always the little things that get you, isn't it?

Thanks!

Ryan S
Ryan S
27,276 Points
Ryan S
Ryan S
27,276 Points

For sure. I personally find the % key and curly braces combination to be a little awkward. I'm always stumbling on typos in my template tags.