static url fix

blechreiz/settings.py

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ except ImportError:
 
 # Django settings for blechreiz project.
 
-DEBUG = True
+# Set DJANGO_DEBUG=True in .env for local development; leave unset (or False) in production.
+DEBUG = os.environ.get("DJANGO_DEBUG", "False") == "True"
 
 ADMINS = [
     ("Martin Bauer", "bauer_martin@gmx.de"),
@@ -76,6 +77,9 @@ PUBLIC_URLS = (
     "^musicians/login/?$",
     "^musicians/login/usernames/?$",
     "^eventplanner_gcal/gcalApiCallback*",
+    # Static and media files must be accessible without login
+    r"^static/",
+    r"^media/",
 )
 
 # Additional locations of static files
@@ -94,6 +98,8 @@ SECRET_KEY = os.environ["DJANGO_SECRET_KEY"]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
+    # WhiteNoise serves static files directly — must be right after SecurityMiddleware
+    "whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",