title: Django Rest Framework - Missing Static Directory
body: <p>I have recently started a Digital Ocean server with a pre-installed Django image on Ubuntu 14.04. I wanted to create an API, and have decided on the Django Rest Framework. I installed the Django Rest Framework exactly according to <a href="http://www.django-rest-framework.org/" rel="noreferrer">http://www.django-rest-framework.org/</a>.</p>
  
  <p><em>Here is what the tutorial site looks like when I access it on my server.</em></p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/rzUyY.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>As you can see, it does not look like the site on the rest framework tutorial website. This is because of the fact that when I view the source code of my site, all of the <code>/static/rest_framework/*</code> files give me a 404 error.</p>
  
  <p><em>Here is my settings.py file in the Django 'django_project' root directory.</em></p>
  
  <pre><code>"""
  Django settings for django_project project.
  
  For more information on this file, see
  https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/topics/settings/
  
  For the full list of settings and their values, see
  https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/ref/settings/
  """
  
  # Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
  import os
  BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
  
  
  # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
  # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/howto/deployment/checklist/
  
  # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
  SECRET_KEY = '7Vnib8zBUEV3LfacGKi2rT185N36A8svyq8azJLvNpv7BxxzMK'
  
  # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
  DEBUG = True
  
  TEMPLATE_DEBUG = True
  
  ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
  
  
  # Application definition
  
  INSTALLED_APPS = (
      'django.contrib.admin',
      'django.contrib.auth',
      'django.contrib.contenttypes',
      'django.contrib.sessions',
      'django.contrib.messages',
      'django.contrib.staticfiles',
      'rest_framework',
  )
  
  REST_FRAMEWORK = {
      # Use hyperlinked styles by default.
      # Only used if the `serializer_class` attribute is not set on a view.
      'DEFAULT_MODEL_SERIALIZER_CLASS':
          'rest_framework.serializers.HyperlinkedModelSerializer',
  
      # Use Django's standard `django.contrib.auth` permissions,
      # or allow read-only access for unauthenticated users.
      'DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES': [
          'rest_framework.permissions.DjangoModelPermissionsOrAnonReadOnly'
      ]
  }
  
  MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
      'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
  )
  
  ROOT_URLCONF = 'django_project.urls'
  
  WSGI_APPLICATION = 'django_project.wsgi.application'
  
  
  # Database
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/ref/settings/#databases
  
  DATABASES = {
      'default': {
          'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
          'NAME': 'django',
          'USER': 'django',
          'PASSWORD': 'yj4SM6qcP0',
          'HOST': 'localhost',
          'PORT': '',
      }
  }
  
  # Internationalization
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/topics/i18n/
  
  LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
  
  TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
  
  USE_I18N = True
  
  USE_L10N = True
  
  USE_TZ = True
  
  
  # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/howto/static-files/
  
  STATIC_URL = '/static/'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Can anyone help me fix this missing /static/rest_framework/ location error? If I am going to have an API for my application I would like it to be a good looking one.</p>
  
  <p>Let me know if you need anything else to help you fix this, and thank you in advance for your help.</p>