Question

When I run foreman start locally – I do not get the admin css loading from static…

but when its pushed remote its all working as expected! doh.

I want my local foreman to mimic my remote instance…

heres my current settings.py for static stuffs: ( can someone help? )

STATIC_ROOT = ''

# URL prefix for static files.
# Example: "http://media.lawrence.com/static/"
STATIC_URL = '/static'

# Additional locations of static files
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'static'),
    # Put strings here, like "/home/html/static" or "C:/www/django/static".
    # Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
    # Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
)

# List of finder classes that know how to find static files in
# various locations.
STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
#    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.DefaultStorageFinder',
)

Answer 1

Read about Serving Static Files in Development at the Django documentation for static files. It shows how to make Django serve the static files using your python app server.