staticfiles changes

VEDA/django_secrets.py

@@ -23,3 +23,10 @@ DJANGO_SECRET_KEY = return_dict['django_secret_key'] or 'test_secret_key'
 DJANGO_ADMIN = ('', '')
 DJANGO_DEBUG = return_dict['debug'] if 'debug' in return_dict else False
 DATABASES = return_dict['DATABASES']
+STATIC_ROOT_PATH = return_dict.get(
+    'STATIC_ROOT_PATH',
+    os.path.join(
+        os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))),
+        'static'
+    )
+)

VEDA/settings.py

@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ USE_I18N = True
 USE_L10N = True
 USE_TZ = True
 
+
 # Absolute filesystem path to the directory that will hold user-uploaded files.
-STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))), "static")
+STATIC_ROOT = STATIC_ROOT_PATH
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
 
 # Additional locations of static files