How to link bootstrap files in django template that were installed into static folder by bower?

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23497999

  •  16-07-2023
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Question

motivation

I want to user bower (grunt) package of bootstrap in my django template folder. I am aware of django-bootstrap3 which ideally can be configured to use those "local"/deployed copies of bootstrap package.

For now, I need a plain example to work. So this is what I do

step 1: layout.html

I take an hello world template layout.html (from bootstrap docs page) and put it into templates folder registered within my django project:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <title>Bootstrap 101 Template</title>

    <!-- Bootstrap -->
    <link href="css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">

    <!-- HTML5 Shim and Respond.js IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media queries -->
    <!-- WARNING: Respond.js doesn't work if you view the page via file:// -->
    <!--[if lt IE 9]>
      <script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/libs/html5shiv/3.7.0/html5shiv.js"></script>
      <script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/libs/respond.js/1.4.2/respond.min.js"></script>
    <![endif]-->
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Hello, world!</h1>

    <!-- jQuery (necessary for Bootstrap's JavaScript plugins) -->
    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <!-- Include all compiled plugins (below), or include individual files as needed -->
    <script src="js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

This example is valid for precompiled package.

step 2: bower

I run something like:

cd path/to/django/static/folder
bower install bootstrap

That creates a folder called bower_components

step 3: linking

?

PS

I am currently looking at yeoman board here to check if what is discussed is also a solution for me.

Was it helpful?

Solution

Use static files as documented on django page

{% static "bower_components/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css" %}

In detail,

Layout.html will be changed to (assuming django 1.6):

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <title>{% block title %}title{% endblock %}</title>

    {% load staticfiles %}
    <!-- Bootstrap -->
    <link href="{% static "bower_components/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css" %}" rel="stylesheet">

    <!-- HTML5 Shim and Respond.js IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media queries -->
    <!-- WARNING: Respond.js doesn't work if you view the page via file:// -->
    <!--[if lt IE 9]>
      <script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/libs/html5shiv/3.7.0/html5shiv.js"></script>
      <script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/libs/respond.js/1.4.2/respond.min.js"></script>
    <![endif]-->
  </head>
  <body>
    {% block content %}
    {% endblock %}

    <!-- jQuery (necessary for Bootstrap's JavaScript plugins) -->
    <script src="{% static "bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js" %}"></script>
    <!-- Include all compiled plugins (below), or include individual files as needed -->
    <script src="{% static "bower_components/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js" %}"></script>
  </body>
</html>
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