CSS missing from django admin pages on development server after execution of drop database

Question

I have been messing around with a simple django 1.3 toy project using MySQL, and decided to change a lot of my models around. After doing so, I needed to clear the database and "start afresh" so I used "drop database db" in the mysql prompt. However, after re-running

python manage.py syncdb

which correctly populated the database with the new tables, prompted me to make a superuser, etc... my admin pages no longer find the css files they are linked to (base.css for instance)

I did not change any settings, and am still using the built-in server with

python manage.py runserver

From googling around, it seems like there is some problem with my permissions, but every other discussion I have been able to find has said that this is only a problem when using apache or the like rather than the "automagical" django server.

As additional information, I am running Ubuntu 11.04 on a VirtualBox virtual machine under Windows 7. I also attempted to try and switch to sqlite3 in case I had somehow broken my mysql database, but that did not resolve the issue.

Thanks for the help!

is ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = '/static/admin/' written in your settings.py file ? — brsbilgic, Jul 01 '11 at 12:27
@Boris Same exact problem with the development server. Did you ever fix the problem. — Raj, Aug 23 '11 at 21:18

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 15 '12 at 02:57

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Try to include the the context processors in your settings.py

answered Feb 15 '12 at 02:57

Ernest Jumbe

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 14 '13 at 12:03

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In settings.py uncomment(if commented) or add 'django.contrib.staticfiles', and restart the server. This should fix it.

answered May 14 '13 at 12:03

Vineeth Chitteti

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CSS missing from django admin pages on development server after execution of drop database

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