whitenoise

project_name/settings.py

@@ -94,3 +94,7 @@ STATIC_URL = '/static/'
 STATICFILES_DIRS = (
     os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'),
 )
+
+# Simplified static file serving.
+# https://pypi.python.org/pypi/whitenoise
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.django.GzipManifestStaticFilesStorage'

project_name/wsgi.py

@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@ For more information on this file, see
 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/howto/deployment/wsgi/
 """
 
+
 import os
 os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "project_name.settings")
 
 from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
+from whitenoise.django import DjangoWhiteNoise
+
 application = get_wsgi_application()
+application = DjangoWhiteNoise(application)
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