Allow static files in development

yoursite/urls.py

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+import os
 from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
+from django.conf import settings
 
 # Uncomment the next two lines to enable the admin:
 # from django.contrib import admin
@@ -15,3 +17,15 @@
     # Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
     # (r'^admin/(.*)', admin.site.root),
 )
+
+# this is for serving static files in development
+if settings.DEBUG:
+    urlpatterns += patterns('',
+        (
+            r'^static/(?P<path>.*)$',
+            'django.views.static.serve',
+            {
+                'document_root': os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../static')
+            }
+        ),
+    )