Issue
In my current spring-boot project, my views have this line:
<link href="signin.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
to reference a static css file. When I run the project, and access one of the views which reference this file, I get a 404 not found error or a 403 unauthorized error, depending where I put the file inside the project.
I try this so far:
src/main/resources/static/css (with this, I use css/signin.css instead of signin.css)
src/main/resources/templates/static/css (with this, I use css/signin.css instead of signin.css)
src/src/main/resources/templates/acesso (same folder of the html file)
what the right place to store this type of files?
Solution
Anywhere beneath src/main/resources/static
is an appropriate place for static content such as CSS, JavaScript, and images. The static directory is served from /
. For example, src/main/resources/static/signin.css
will be served from /signin.css
whereas src/main/resources/static/css/signin.css
will be served from /css/signin.css
.
The src/main/resources/templates
folder is intended for view templates that will be turned into HTML by a templating engine such as Thymeleaf, Freemarker, or Velocity, etc. You shouldn't place static content in this directory.
Also make sure you haven't used @EnableWebMvc
in your application as that will disable Spring Boot's auto-configuration of Spring MVC.
Answered By - Andy Wilkinson
Answer Checked By - Marilyn (JavaFixing Volunteer)