title: Bootstrap static files not being included in Django template
body: <p>I'm new to Django, and facing issues rendering bootstrap on a django page.</p>
  
  <p>This is my base html,</p>
  
  <pre><code>{% load staticfiles %}
  &lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;
  &lt;html lang="en"&gt;
    &lt;head&gt;
      &lt;meta charset="utf-8"&gt;
      &lt;meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"&gt;
      &lt;meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"&gt;
      &lt;!-- The above 3 meta tags *must* come first in the head; any other head content must come *after* these tags --&gt;
      &lt;title&gt;Dropbox Web App Prototype&lt;/title&gt;
  
      &lt;!-- Bootstrap --&gt;
      &lt;link href="{% static 'bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css' %}" rel="stylesheet"&gt;
  
      &lt;!-- HTML5 shim and Respond.js for IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media queries --&gt;
      &lt;!-- WARNING: Respond.js doesn't work if you view the page via file:// --&gt;
      &lt;!--[if lt IE 9]&gt;
        &lt;script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/html5shiv/3.7.2/html5shiv.min.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
        &lt;script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/respond/1.4.2/respond.min.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
      &lt;![endif]--&gt;
    &lt;/head&gt;
    &lt;body&gt;
     &lt;div class="jumbotron"&gt;
         &lt;h1&gt;Hello, world!&lt;/h1&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;This is a template showcasing the optional theme stylesheet included in Bootstrap. Use it as a starting point to create something more unique by building on or modifying it.&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/div&gt;
  
  
      &lt;!-- jQuery (necessary for Bootstrap's JavaScript plugins) --&gt;
      &lt;script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.min.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
      &lt;!-- Include all compiled plugins (below), or include individual files as needed --&gt;
      &lt;script src="{% static 'bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js' %}"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
    &lt;/body&gt;
  &lt;/html&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The static file is at the same level as the project directory and has the following structure,
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/JKNhd.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/JKNhd.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>I've also added the following line, to my settings.py file</p>
  
  <pre><code>STATICFILES_DIRS = (os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static"),)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The CSS is not rendering on the home page. Any help appreciated.</p>