How to get collectstatic to collect the static files of an external App

Question

I'm working on a project that requires an external fileupload package, which is a separate project. 'collectstatic' does not include the static files of that external package. Do I need to change the external package or can I use the settings.py of my project to include the static files? It works if I do:

STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    str(APPS_DIR.path('my_app/static')),
    str(APPS_DIR.path('../other_app/fileupload/static'))
)

But this will not work on the deployment server.

Answer 1

You need to include your app in INSTALLED_APPS; then collectstatic will include its files automatically.