Add support for serving static files

movieclub/settings.py

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ REST_FRAMEWORK = {
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    "whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware",
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ USE_TZ = True
 STATICFILES_DIRS = [ BASE_DIR / "static"]
 STATIC_ROOT = "deploy/static/"
 STATIC_URL = 'static/'
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = env("STATICFILES_STORAGE", default="whitenoise.storage.CompressedStaticFilesStorage")
 
 # Default primary key field type
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/settings/#default-auto-field