trial #1 to fix issue on serving of media files

config/settings/base.py

@@ -128,8 +128,13 @@ USE_TZ = False
 # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/howto/static-files/
 
+if DEBUG: 
+   STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '/static')
+else:
+   STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static') 
+
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
-STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static")
+# STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static")
 
 MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'media')
 MEDIA_URL = '/media/'

config/urls.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from app.applicationlayer.management.notification import views as notifview
 from django.views.static import serve
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.conf.urls.static import static
+import django.views.static as try_static
 
 
 urlpatterns = [
@@ -40,4 +41,6 @@ urlpatterns = [
 
 if settings.DEBUG:
     urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
-    urlpatterns += static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)
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+    urlpatterns += static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)
+else:
+    urlpatterns += [url(r'^static/(?P<path>.*)$', django.views.static.serve, {'document_root': try_static.STATIC_ROOT, 'show_indexes': try_static.DEBUG})]
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