Take advantage of django.contrib.staticfiles to serve static files.

It is the de facto standard nowadays and there's no good reason not to use it.

Author: aaugustin

debug_toolbar/templates/debug_toolbar/base.html

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-{% load i18n %}{% load url from future %}
+{% load i18n %}{% load static from staticfiles %}{% load url from future %}
 <style type="text/css">
 @media print { #djDebug {display:none;}}
 </style>
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ STATIC_URL }}debug_toolbar/css/toolbar.css" type="text/css" />
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static 'debug_toolbar/css/toolbar.css' %}" type="text/css" />
 <script>//<![CDATA[
 if(!window.jQuery) document.write('<scr'+'ipt src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.0.3/jquery.min.js"></scr'+'ipt>');
 //]]></script>
-<script src="{{ STATIC_URL }}debug_toolbar/js/jquery.cookie.js"></script>
-<script src="{{ STATIC_URL }}debug_toolbar/js/toolbar.js"></script>
+<script src="{% static 'debug_toolbar/js/jquery.cookie.js' %}"></script>
+<script src="{% static 'debug_toolbar/js/toolbar.js' %}"></script>
 <div id="djDebug" style="display:none;" dir="ltr"
      data-store-id="{{ toolbar.store_id }}" data-render-panel-url="{% url 'djdt:render_panel' %}"
      {{ toolbar.config.ROOT_TAG_EXTRA_ATTRS|safe }}>

debug_toolbar/templates/debug_toolbar/panels/profiling.html

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-{% load i18n %}
-
+{% load i18n %}{% load static from staticfiles %}
 <table width="100%">
 	<thead>
 		<tr>
@@ -42,4 +41,4 @@
 	</tbody>
 </table>
 
-<script src="{{ STATIC_URL }}debug_toolbar/js/toolbar.profiling.js"></script>
+<script src="{% static 'debug_toolbar/js/toolbar.profiling.js' %}"></script>

debug_toolbar/templates/debug_toolbar/panels/sql.html

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% load i18n l10n %}{% load url from future %}
+{% load i18n l10n %}{% load static from staticfiles %}{% load url from future %}
 <div class="clearfix">
 	<ul class="stats">
 		{% for alias, info in databases %}
@@ -92,4 +92,4 @@
 	<p>{% trans "No SQL queries were recorded during this request." %}</p>
 {% endif %}
 
-<script src="{{ STATIC_URL }}debug_toolbar/js/toolbar.sql.js"></script>
+<script src="{% static 'debug_toolbar/js/toolbar.sql.js' %}"></script>

debug_toolbar/templates/debug_toolbar/panels/templates.html

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% load i18n %}{% load url from future %}
+{% load i18n %}{% load static from staticfiles %}{% load url from future %}
 <h4>{% blocktrans count template_dirs|length as template_count %}Template path{% plural %}Template paths{% endblocktrans %}</h4>
 {% if template_dirs %}
 	<ol>
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@ <h4>{% blocktrans count context_processors|length as context_processors_count %}
 	<p>{% trans 'None' %}</p>
 {% endif %}
 
-<script src="{{ STATIC_URL }}debug_toolbar/js/toolbar.template.js"></script>
+<script src="{% static 'debug_toolbar/js/toolbar.template.js' %}"></script>

debug_toolbar/templates/debug_toolbar/panels/timer.html

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% load i18n %}
+{% load i18n %}{% load static from staticfiles %}
 <h4>{% trans 'Resource Usage' %}</h4>
 <table>
 	<colgroup>
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ <h4>{% trans 'Browser Timing' %}</h4>
 		</tbody>
 	</table>
 </div>
-<script src="{{ STATIC_URL }}debug_toolbar/js/toolbar.timer.js"></script>
+<script src="{% static 'debug_toolbar/js/toolbar.timer.js' %}"></script>

debug_toolbar/toolbar.py

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 import uuid
 
-from django.conf import settings
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
@@ -21,10 +20,7 @@ class DebugToolbar(object):
     def __init__(self, request):
         self.request = request
         self.config = dt_settings.CONFIG.copy()
-        self.template_context = {
-            'STATIC_URL': settings.STATIC_URL,
-            'toolbar': self,
-        }
+        self.template_context = {'toolbar': self}
         self._panels = SortedDict()
         for panel_class in self.get_panel_classes():
             panel_instance = panel_class(self, context=self.template_context)

docs/installation.rst

@@ -22,13 +22,18 @@ instead with the following command::
 Quick setup
 -----------
 
-Add ``debug_toolbar`` to your ``INSTALLED_APPS`` setting::
+Make sure that ``'django.contrib.staticfiles'`` is set up properly and add
+``'debug_toolbar'`` to your ``INSTALLED_APPS`` setting::
 
     INSTALLED_APPS = (
+        # ...
+        'django.contrib.staticfiles',
         # ...
         'debug_toolbar',
     )
 
+    STATIC_URL = '/static/'
+
 For a simple Django project, that's all you need!
 
 The Debug Toolbar will automatically adjust a few settings when you start the