title: Django 1.11 - static file not found
body: <p>I'm working on a Django project (Django 1.11), and I'm trying to use static file. <br>
  This is my project structure:</p>
  
  <pre><code>|project_name
  |---- app_name
  |-------- src
  |------------ static
  |---------------- css
  |-------------------- bootstrap
  |------------------------ bootstrap.min.css
  |-------- templates
  |------------ base.html
  |------------ first_template.html
  |-------- views
  |------------ first_view.py
  |---- project_name
  |-------- settings.py
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>In settings.py file, I have <em>django.contrib.staticfiles</em> in INSTALLED_APPS and I set <em>STATIC_URL</em> variable as follow:</p>
  
  <pre><code>STATIC_URL = '/src/static/'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Then, I'd like use static files in base template, and this is what I've done:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{% load static %}
  &lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;
  &lt;html lang="en"&gt;
  &lt;head&gt;
      &lt;meta charset="UTF-8"&gt;
      &lt;title&gt;{% block title %}{% endblock %}&lt;/title&gt;
      &lt;link href="{% static "css/bootstrap/bootstrap.min.css" %}" rel="stylesheet"&gt;
  &lt;/head&gt;
  &lt;body&gt;
      {% block content %}{% endblock content %}
  &lt;/body&gt;
  &lt;/html&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When I load <em>first_template.html</em>, and so also the <em>base.html</em> file, the bootstrap.min.css file is not found (404).</p>
  
  <p>I know that is a trivial question, but i really don't understand what i'm missing. I have checked a lot of similar SO questions without success, also because most of them refer to old django versions  <br>
  Thank you in advance</p>