Configuring static files

Let’s fix the problem of our static and media images not appearing:

1. In PythonAnywhere, go back to the Files tab and navigate to the settings.py file. We need to add the following in bold:

   …
   STATIC_URL = 'static/'
   STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')
   # Default primary key field type
   # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/ref/settings/
   #default-auto-field
   DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
   MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR,'media')
   MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
   …

   The STATIC_ROOT variable defines a central location into which we collect all static files.

2. In PythonAnywhere, go to the Consoles tab, and click your Bash console. Then, connect to your virtual environment by executing the following command:

   workon moviesstoreenv

   Then, go to the moviesstore folder (where the manage.py file is located) by running the following command:

   cd moviesstore/

   Execute the following...