title: Django: static files returning 404 error
body: <p>I want to be able to load my static files on my local server, but when I request them, the browser returns 404 for every resource. </p>
  
  <p>From what I can understand, <code>STATIC_URL</code> is the url in which my static files will be served. And <code>STATICFILES_FINDERS</code> specifies how my static files will be discovered. I set <code>STATICFILES_DIRS</code> to search for the <code>static</code> directory at the project root, but it doesn't seem to be be finding it.</p>
  
  <p>On my <code>settings.py</code>,</p>
  
  <pre><code># Python 2.7.5, Django 1.6
  
  import os
  BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
  
  STATIC_URL = '/static/'
  
  STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
     'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
  )
  
  STATICFILES_DIRS = (os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'),)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is my directory structure:  </p>
  
  <pre><code>.
  |-- myapp
     |-- settings.py
     |-- ...
     static
     |-- images
     |-- javascript
     |-- stylesheets
  </code></pre>