use whitenoise

seduttomachineworks_project/settings.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get("SECRET_KEY", "django-insecure-change-this-in-production")
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
-DEBUG = os.environ.get("DEBUG", "True") == "True"
+DEBUG = os.environ.get("DEBUG", "False") == "True"
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = os.environ.get("ALLOWED_HOSTS", "*").split(",")
 
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
+    "whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
@@ -87,6 +88,10 @@ USE_TZ = True
 
 STATIC_URL = "static/"
 STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "staticfiles"
+STATICFILES_DIRS = [BASE_DIR / "static"]
+
+# WhiteNoise configuration for serving static files
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage"
 
 MEDIA_URL = "media/"
 MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "media"