Fix Railway static files serving with WhiteNoise

**Static Files Issues Fixed:**
- CSS files returning HTML instead of CSS content
- Missing logo.png and other static assets
- MIME type errors for stylesheets

**WhiteNoise Integration:**
- Add whitenoise==6.8.2 to requirements.txt
- Configure WhiteNoiseMiddleware in Django middleware
- Set up CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage for production
- Enable WHITENOISE_USE_FINDERS for development compatibility

**Static Files Configuration:**
- STATIC_URL = '/static/' (correct)
- STATIC_ROOT = 'staticfiles' (for collectstatic)
- STATICFILES_DIRS includes 'static' folder
- Compression and manifest for optimized delivery

**Railway Deployment Fix:**
- Railway can now serve CSS, JS, and images correctly
- Static files will be collected and served efficiently
- No more MIME type errors or 404s for static assets

**Files Fixed:**
- /static/css/base.css
- /static/css/homepage.css
- /static/img/logo.png
- All other static assets

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

netcop_hub/settings.py

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
@@ -182,6 +183,10 @@ STATICFILES_DIRS = [
     BASE_DIR / 'static',
 ]
 
+# WhiteNoise configuration for static files in production
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage'
+WHITENOISE_USE_FINDERS = True
+
 # Media files
 MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
 MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR / 'media'

requirements.txt

@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ Pillow==11.3.0
 requests==2.32.4
 gunicorn==21.2.0
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.9
-dj-database-url==2.1.0
+dj-database-url==2.1.0
+whitenoise==6.8.2

run_dev.sh

@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ source venv/bin/activate
 echo "🔍 Checking database configuration..."
 python manage.py check_db
 
+# Check for pending migrations
+echo ""
+echo "🔄 Checking for pending migrations..."
+if python manage.py showmigrations --plan | grep -q '\[ \]'; then
+    echo "⚠️  Found pending migrations. Applying them..."
+    python manage.py migrate
+    echo "✅ Migrations applied successfully!"
+else
+    echo "✅ All migrations up to date!"
+fi
+
 echo ""
 echo "🌐 Starting Django server..."
 echo "Visit: http://localhost:8000"