Image not displaying in Django 1.8 template -

i want display images static folder inside django app called index. shows icon in browser means cannot find image in path specified in <img src=""/>. here's directory structure:

|-- db.sqlite3 |-- images |   |-- __init__.py |   |-- __init__.pyc |   |-- settings.py |   |-- settings.pyc |   |-- urls.py |   |-- urls.pyc |   |-- wsgi.py |   `-- wsgi.pyc |-- index |   |-- admin.py |   |-- admin.pyc |   |-- __init__.py |   |-- __init__.pyc |   |-- migrations |   |   |-- __init__.py |   |   `-- __init__.pyc |   |-- models.py |   |-- models.pyc |   |-- static |   |   `-- index |   |       `-- file2 |   |-- templates |   |   `-- show.html |   |-- tests.py |   |-- urls.py |   |-- urls.pyc |   |-- views.py |   `-- views.pyc `-- manage.py 

views.py

def show(request):     return render(request, 'show.html', {}) 

urls.py

from django.conf.urls import url django.conf import settings django.conf.urls.static import static  index import views  urlpatterns = [     url(r'^show$', views.show), ] + static(settings.static_url, document_root=settings.static_root) 

show.html

{% load staticfiles %} <img src="{% static "index/file2" %}" alt="test_image"/> 

i have tried follow this not doing properly. appreciated.

after lot of trials, got combination of answers stackoverflow. not straightforward. phew! i'm happy , smiling though. i've setup django 1.8 on windows apache , mod_wsgi (xampp). 'vrsite' site. 'vrapp' app. image showed vrsite> vrsite > vrapp > static > vrapp >23-oracle.jpg steps getting image displayed below: 1. directory structure: c:...\myvirtualwebenv27_1\xampp\htdocs\vrsite\manage.py <---root

vrsite

  -- manage.py   -- static           --media   -- static_dirs           -- css           -- img                 -- 23-oracle.jpg           -- js   -- static_root           -- admin                -- css                -- img                -- js           -- css           -- img                 -- 23-oracle.jpg           -- vrapp                  --23-oracle.jpg   -- vrsite           -- __init__.py           -- settings.py           -- urls.py           -- wsgi.py           -- vrapp                  -- migrations                  -- static                          -- vrapp                                 -- 23-oracle.jpg                   -- templates                          -- index.html                  -- __init.py__                  -- admin.py                  -- models.py                  -- tests.py                  -- views.py 

2. settings.py

import os  base_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))  installed_apps = ( 'django.contrib.staticfiles',     'vrsite.vrapp', )  root_urlconf = 'vrsite.urls'  wsgi_application = 'vrsite.wsgi.application'  static_url = '/static/'  static_root = os.path.join(base_dir, 'static', 'static_root') #static_root = 'static'  staticfiles_dirs = (     os.path.join(base_dir, 'static', 'static_dirs'), )  media_root = os.path.join(base_dir, 'static', 'media')  media_url = '/media/' 

3. urls.py

   from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url

   from django.contrib import admin django.conf import settings django.conf.urls.static import static  urlpatterns = [     url(r'^$', 'vrsite.vrapp.views.home'), ] + static(settings.static_url, document_root=settings.static_root) 

4. views.py

   from django.shortcuts import render

   from django.shortcuts import render_to_response

   def home(request):          return render_to_response('index.html') 

5. index.html

< body >

{% load staticfiles %}  <img src="{% static "vrapp/23-oracle.jpg" %}" alt = "my image"/> 

< /body >

6. run collect static follows

   (myvirtualwebenv27_1) c:...\myvirtualwebenv27_1\xampp\htdocs\vrsite> c:...\myvirtualwebenv27_1\scripts\python manage.py collectstatic

   you have requested collect static files @ destination location specified in settings:

   c:\...\myvirtualwebenv27_1\xampp\htdocs\vrsite\static\static_root 

   this overwrite existing files! sure want this?

   type 'yes' continue, or 'no' cancel: yes copying c:...\myvirtualwebenv27_1\xampp\htdocs\vrsite\vrsite\vrapp\static\vrapp\23-oracle.jpg'

   1 static file copied 'c:...\myvirtualwebenv27_1\xampp\htdocs\vrsite\static\static_root', 64 unmodified.