Static files not loading in production environment

CSS, JavaScript, and image files fail to load in production due to incorrect STATIC_ROOT or STATICFILES_DIRS paths in settings.py, missing collectstatic execution, or improper web server configuration.

Verify STATIC_ROOT and STATICFILES_DIRS paths are correctly set in settings.py. Run python manage.py collectstatic to gather all static files into STATIC_ROOT directory. Configure web server (Nginx or Apache) to serve static files from STATIC_ROOT in production, as Django does not handle static files when DEBUG=False.