This topic for those who broke his mind trying to understand how to make Pycharm run Django with static files I've made it, but be carefull it can break your mind too!

The settings

I use the most portable way to configure settings - so I can move it into centos web server without paths changes Win\Unix (I HOPE). There are common DIRs

BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
# BASE DIR: D:\Projects\CODE\WEB\sites\www\smm_tools\smm_site

PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
# PROJECT_ROOT:     D:\Projects\CODE\WEB\sites\www\smm_tools\smm_site\main_code

STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')
#Static root:      D:\Projects\CODE\WEB\sites\www\smm_tools\smm_site\static

STATIC_URL = '/static/'

Looks like ot works, but in really weird way:

• static files are working fine
• web page as template is loading
• some scc and js are loading and some are not

Working css:

In works in different ways - this is one of them which I think correct.

In HTML code:

<link href="{% static 'css/bootstrap.css' %}" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="{% static 'css/custom.css' %}" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">

In WEB:

Working js:

The weird stuff happened:

In HTML:

<script src="{{ STATIC_URL }}js/jquery-1.11.2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="{{ STATIC_URL }}js/bootstrap.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

In WEB:

Loaded: But: So in both situations static files ARE loaded but with different variables in HTML code and some was unsuccessful. There are ALL other situations which SHOULD work in different condtitions BUT it doesn't!

Not Working:

In HTML:

{#<link href="{% static 'css/bootstrap.css' %}" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">#}
{#<link href="{% static 'css/custom.css' %}" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">#}
{#Commented lines which work last time.#}

<!-- It doesn't work
GET http://127.0.0.1:8000/static/custom.css 
GET http://127.0.0.1:8000/static/bootstrap.css 
-->
{#Those can work IF STATICFILES_DIR has os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '/static/css/'),#}
<link href="{% static 'bootstrap.css' %}" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="{% static 'custom.css' %}" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">

<!-- It loads but with error:
Resource interpreted as Stylesheet but transferred with MIME type text/html: "http://127.0.0.1:8000/date/css/bootstrap.css".
Resource interpreted as Stylesheet but transferred with MIME type text/html: "http://127.0.0.1:8000/date/css/custom.css".
-->
<link href="{{ STATIC_URL }}css/bootstrap.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="{{ STATIC_URL }}css/custom.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">

<!-- It loads but with error:
Resource interpreted as Stylesheet but transferred with MIME type text/html: "http://127.0.0.1:8000/date/bootstrap.css".
Resource interpreted as Stylesheet but transferred with MIME type text/html: "http://127.0.0.1:8000/date/custom.css".
-->
{#Those can work IF STATICFILES_DIR has os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '/static/css/'),#}
<link href="{{ STATIC_URL }}bootstrap.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="{{ STATIC_URL }}custom.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">

  In WEB: Static JS have different situation: In HTML:

<!-- 404:
GET http://127.0.0.1:8000/static/js/jquery-1.11.2.min.js 
GET http://127.0.0.1:8000/static/js/bootstrap.js 
GET http://127.0.0.1:8000/static/js/jquery-1.11.2.min.js 
GET http://127.0.0.1:8000/static/js/bootstrap.js 
-->
<script src="{% static 'js/jquery-1.11.2.min.js' %}" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="{% static 'js/bootstrap.js' %}" type="text/javascript"></script>

<!-- 404:
GET http://127.0.0.1:8000/static/jquery-1.11.2.min.js 
GET http://127.0.0.1:8000/static/bootstrap.js 
GET http://127.0.0.1:8000/static/jquery-1.11.2.min.js 
GET http://127.0.0.1:8000/static/bootstrap.js 
-->
{#Those can work IF STATICFILES_DIR has os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '/static/js/'),#}
<script src="{% static 'jquery-1.11.2.min.js' %}" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="{% static 'bootstrap.js' %}" type="text/javascript"></script>

<!--
Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token <
bootstrap.js:2 Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token <
-->
<script src="{{ STATIC_URL }}js/jquery-1.11.2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="{{ STATIC_URL }}js/bootstrap.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<!--
Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token <
bootstrap.js:2 Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token <
-->
{#Those can work IF STATICFILES_DIR has os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '/static/js/'),#}
<script src="{{ STATIC_URL }}jquery-1.11.2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="{{ STATIC_URL }}bootstrap.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

Trying everything but still no luck.