title: How to add my own files to django 'static' folder
body: <p>I've read <a href="https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/howto/static-files/" rel="nofollow">django static files document</a> and made my django static files settings like this</p>
  
  <p><strong>setting.py</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>PROJECT_PATH = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
  STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_PATH, 'static')
  STATIC_URL = '/static/'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>html page</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;img src="{% static "admin/img/author.jpg" %}" alt="My image"/&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So if I address one of django default static files, it works fine. But if I add my own file and folders to the <code>static</code> folder, it doesn't show it.</p>
  
  <p>I tried</p>
  
  <pre><code>python manage.py collectstatic
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But nothing changed. How can I make it work?</p>