python - Django 1.6.2 will not serve static content -

i unable serve static content (for development purposes) using django==1.6.2

there no error message available go this.

i end 404 message on browser , 404 message in dev server

[14/apr/2014 16:50:29] "get /static/resource/css/bootstrap.min.css http/1.1" 404 1697 

this set-up:

installed_apps = (  'django.contrib.admin',  'django.contrib.auth',  'django.contrib.contenttypes',  'django.contrib.sessions',  'django.contrib.messages',  'django.contrib.staticfiles',   # django  'django.contrib.webdesign', )   # directories below have been checked , exist on disk. static_url = '/static/' media_url = '/media/' static_root = os.path.join(site_root, 'site_media/static') media_root = os.path.join(site_root, 'site_media/media') 

content of main urls.py file:

from django.conf import settings django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url django.contrib.staticfiles.urls import staticfiles_urlpatterns  django.contrib import admin  admin.autodiscover()  urlpatterns = patterns('',     # admin     url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),      # homepage     url(r'^$', 'mainmodule.views.home', name='home')  )  if settings.debug:     urlpatterns += staticfiles_urlpatterns() 

debug mode turned on in settings.py

i have tried django.conf.urls.static method in urls.py file end same problem.

my static directory not situated inside app. never had problem , cannot find information regarding on official django docs

i able run collectstatic no problems.

urls resolve nicely inside templates using {% static "....." %}.

relevant threads have looked (but haven't helped):

can't django serve static files

staticfiles on django 1.6.2

django development server doesn't know nor care static_root or collected files. in order correctly serve static files in development mode (aka using runserver command) should place static files in:

1. a directory called static inside app.

2. any other directory listed in staticfiles_dirs.

additionaly should set debug true.