title: django documentation, serving static files, 3 simple steps? Nope
body: <p><a href="https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/howto/static-files/" rel="nofollow">https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/howto/static-files/</a></p>
  
  <p>Trying to serve static files i was put on to the above link.</p>
  
  <p>The link tells me when serving static files in development</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Put your static files where they will be found, 'home/jamie/mysite/static/'
  Done!</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>2.Make sure that django.contrib.staticfiles is included in your INSTALLED_APPS.
  For local development, if you are using runserver...<em>you’re done with the setup</em>. 
  Done!</p>
  
  <p>3.You’ll probably need to refer to these files in your templates. The easiest method is to use the included context processor which allows template code like: </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;img src="{{ STATIC_URL }}images/hi.jpg" /&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Done!</p>
  
  <p>Wow, that seems too simple, surely it wouldn't work,
  and sadly, no.</p>
  
  <p>{{ STATIC_URL }} when i checked, equals None. Now STATIC_URL by default is none, therefore these instruction haven't done a thing. Surely i've done something wrong and the django documentation is right. But i cant figure out where in the three simple steps i've gone wrong. </p>