title: Getting 404 error when loading bootstrap based homepage in Django
body: <p>I am newbie to django. </p>
  
  <p>The error that i am getting in my terminal is </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>"GET static/css/bootstrap.min.css HTTP/1.1" 404 1676</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>My working Directory is something like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>*Project
  **App
  **blog
  **static
  **db.sqlite3
  **manage.py
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>On my Homepage I had tried two things</p>
  
  <p>a) without static tag i.e. <strong>href=  "static/css/bootstrap.min.css"</strong></p>
  
  <p>b) Using static tag i.e **href={% static "static/css/bootstrap.min.css" %}" </p>
  
  <p>I had even added the </p>
  
  <pre><code>TEMPLATE_DIRS=('/HOME/AA/Project/blog/templates ',) 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How should I fix this GET error and properly render my bootstrap files? I had even added these files as Static.</p>
  
  <p>Here is my settings.py</p>
  
  <pre><code>Django settings for luckdrum project.
  
  Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 1.8.4.
  
  For more information on this file, see
  https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/topics/settings/
  
  For the full list of settings and their values, see
  https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/ref/settings/
  """
  
  # Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
  import os
  
  BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
  
  
  # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
  # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/howto/deployment/checklist/
  
  # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
  SECRET_KEY = 'q^6oh!prd$jt*@sz@#&amp;n(i5$etxv-13-pr+%x9_0y$#7$tnfq('
  
  # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
  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',
  
      'blog',
  )
  
  MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
      'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
  )
  
  ROOT_URLCONF = 'luckdrum.urls'
  
  TEMPLATES = [
      {
          'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
          'DIRS': [],
          'APP_DIRS': True,
          'OPTIONS': {
              'context_processors': [
                  'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                  'django.template.context_processors.request',
                  'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                  'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
              ],
          },
      },
  ]
  
  WSGI_APPLICATION = 'luckdrum.wsgi.application'
  TEMPLATE_DIRS=('/home/usman/Django Project/django-black/luckdrum/blog/templates/',
                 '/home/usman/Django Project/django-black/luckdrum/blog/accounts/',
  
  
  
  
  )
  LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = '/'
  # Database
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/ref/settings/#databases
  
  DATABASES = {
      'default': {
          'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
          'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
      }
  }
  
  
  # Internationalization
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/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/1.8/howto/static-files/
  STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')
  STATIC_URL = '/static/'
  STATICFILES_DIRS = ( os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'), )
  TEMPLATE_DEBUG =True
  </code></pre>