deploying.html

compressing static files procedure

pip install django-compressor

{% load compress %}

{% compress css %}
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/style1.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/style2.css">
{% endcompress %}

{% compress js %}
<script src="/static/js/script1.js"></script>
<script src="/static/js/script2.js"></script>
{% endcompress %}



INSTALLED_APPS = [
    # ...
    'compressor',
    # ...
]


python manage.py collectstatic --settings=myapp.settings

This will collect all your static files, including the compressed files, into the STATIC_ROOT directory specified in your settings file

note: If you're not sure what the name of your custom settings module is, you can check your project's manage.py file to see how it's configured.

os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'Base.settings')


pip freeze > requirements.txt


WHITENOISE
check the webcsite or watch this youtube video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeywgMArAGM&t=206s
#####


Production setting tips.

STATIC_URL = '/static/'


STATICFILES_DIRS = [
    BASE_DIR / 'static',
]
STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / 'staticfiles'

STATICFILES_STORAGE = "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage"


#CKEDITOR_UPLOAD_PATH = 'media/'
CKEDITOR_UPLOAD_PATH = 'static/'



MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
#MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR / 'media'
MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR / 'media/images'


UPLOADING TO CLOUDINARY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0ar7W98Osc

settings.py

import cloudinary_storage


INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'django.contrib.admin',
    '######',
    'cloudinary',
    'cloudinary_storage',
]


CLOUDINARY_STORAGE = {
    'CLOUD_NAME': 'dsn4n7d0s',
    'API_KEY': '244182521457459',
    'API_SECRET': 'f9REzylHYSarCfXdxJ4WsT6RSkg',
            
}


Setting debug to false
DEBUG = False
DEBUG_PROPAGATE_EXCEPTIONS = True




when DEBUG = False

DEBUG = False
DEBUG_PROPAGATE_EXCEPTIONS = True



LOGGING = {
    'version': 1,
    'disable_existing_loggers': False,
    'formatters': {
        'verbose': {
            'format' : "[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s [%(name)s:%(lineno)s] %(message)s",
            'datefmt' : "%d/%b/%Y %H:%M:%S"
        },
        'simple': {
            'format': '%(levelname)s %(message)s'
        },
    },
    'handlers': {
        'file': {
            'level': 'DEBUG',
            'class': 'logging.FileHandler',
            'filename': 'mysite.log',
            'formatter': 'verbose'
        },
    },
    'loggers': {
        'django': {
            'handlers':['file'],
            'propagate': True,
            'level':'DEBUG',
        },
        'MYAPP': {
            'handlers': ['file'],
            'level': 'DEBUG',
        },
    }
}



WHITENOISE_MANIFEST_STRICT = False




STATICFILES_FINDERS = [
    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
    'compressor.finders.CompressorFinder',
]