use django whitenoise for static files

.gitignore

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ tags/
 *.egg-info/
 .tox/
 .coverage
+staticfiles/
 dr.botzo.data
 dr.botzo.cfg
 localsettings.py

dr_botzo/settings.py

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
@@ -165,6 +166,9 @@ BOOTSTRAP3 = {
     'javascript_in_head': True,
 }
 
+# whitenoise
+STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'staticfiles')
+
 ###############
 # web options #
 ###############

pyproject.toml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ authors = [
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.12"
 dependencies = ["Django<5.1", "django-bootstrap3", "django-extensions", "djangorestframework", "irc<20.5.0", "numexpr",
-                "parsedatetime", "ply", "python-dateutil", "python-mpd2", "pytz", "requests", "zalgo-text"]
+                "parsedatetime", "ply", "python-dateutil", "python-mpd2", "pytz", "requests", "whitenoise", "zalgo-text"]
 dynamic = ["version"]
 classifiers = [
 	"Framework :: Django",

requirements/requirements-dev.txt

@@ -283,6 +283,8 @@ virtualenv==20.27.1
     # via tox
 wheel==0.44.0
     # via pip-tools
+whitenoise==6.11.0
+    # via dr.botzo (pyproject.toml)
 zalgo-text==0.6
     # via dr.botzo (pyproject.toml)
 

requirements/requirements.txt

@@ -83,5 +83,7 @@ tempora==5.7.0
     #   jaraco-logging
 urllib3==2.2.3
     # via requests
+whitenoise==6.11.0
+    # via dr.botzo (pyproject.toml)
 zalgo-text==0.6
     # via dr.botzo (pyproject.toml)