[#16] add whitenoise setting to static serve

website/settings.py

@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
+    # Simplified static file serving.
+    # https://warehouse.python.org/project/whitenoise/
+    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
@@ -116,6 +119,16 @@
 
 
 # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/howto/static-files/
-
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/howto/static-files/
+STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'staticfiles')
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
+
+# Extra places for collectstatic to find static files.
+STATICFILES_DIRS = (
+    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'),
+)
+
+# Simplified static file serving.
+# https://warehouse.python.org/project/whitenoise/
+
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage'