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Pipfile

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ dj-database-url = "*"
 django-dotenv = "*"
 uuid = "*"
 django-anymail = {extras = ["mailgun"]}
+whitenoise = "*"
 
 
 [dev-packages]

Pipfile.lock

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "9a19cd2cc896f2304c510ff49bada489a31b1b1ac412af5c44c36f5cf43605a3"
+            "sha256": "f5fa95f68ed1841f7039a0f916d4471f308751c2bd80d8aa5758f1a5ac4f819f"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -151,6 +151,14 @@
             ],
             "index": "pypi",
             "version": "==1.30"
+        },
+        "whitenoise": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:15f43b2e701821b95c9016cf469d29e2a546cb1c7dead584ba82c36f843995cf",
+                "sha256:9d81515f2b5b27051910996e1e860b1332e354d9e7bcf30c98f21dcb6713e0dd"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==3.3.1"
         }
     },
     "develop": {

manuels_collection/settings.py

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
@@ -65,6 +66,8 @@ MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
 ]
 
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage'
+
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'manuels_collection.urls'
 
 TEMPLATES = [