A Much Needed Success

Good news! I finally managed to resolve my CSS customization issue yesterday. Through pointed and dedicated Google searching, I stumbled upon a StackExchange question that addressed my problem succinctly. Earlier, my primary issue had been that I didn't know where to download the Bootstrap CSS and Javascript files in the context of my Django directory. And so this was how I learned about static files. As I understand them, static files refer to any images, CSS, or Javascript files that a Django web app may need in addition to its base Python scripts. To create a new, custom CSS document, I had to create a static folder within my 'projects' app folder in my website's directory. If you'd like to see for yourself, please check out my [GitHub!][1] After placing all the appropriate Bootstrap files within this new folder, I then had to modify my settings.py file in my project's parent directory.Here, I added the following code snippet to the static files section at the bottom of the script: STATICFILES_DIRS = ( os.path.join("projects", "static"), ) With this done, I then simply loaded my static files at the top of my base.html using {% load staticfiles %} and linked to my custom CSS document using <link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static 'css/custom.css' %}" type='text/css' />. Finally figuring this out what a major relief, and I'll now be able to customize the look and feel of my website as I continue developing it. Stay tuned for more exciting news! Joe [1]: https://github.com/PickertJoe/personal_website/tree/master/projects