add static-files example

point people here if they have
problems with serving static files

examples/static-files/index.js

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+
+var express = require('../..');
+var app = express();
+
+// log requests
+app.use(express.logger('dev'));
+
+// express on its own has no notion
+// of a "file". The express.static()
+// middleware checks for a file matching
+// the `req.path` within the directory
+// that you pass it. In this case "GET /js/app.js"
+// will look for "./public/js/app.js".
+
+app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
+
+// if you wanted to "prefix" you may use
+// the mounting feature of Connect, for example
+// "GET /static/js/app.js" instead of "GET /js/app.js".
+// The mount-path "/static" is simply removed before
+// passing control to the express.static() middleware,
+// thus it serves the file correctly by ignoring "/static"
+app.use('/static', express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
+
+// if for some reason you want to serve files from
+// several directories, you can use express.static()
+// multiple times! Here we're passing "./public/css",
+// this will allow "GET /style.css" instead of "GET /css/style.css":
+app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public/css'));
+
+app.listen(3000);
+console.log('listening on port 3000');
+console.log('try:');
+console.log('  GET /hello.txt');
+console.log('  GET /js/app.js');
+console.log('  GET /css/style.css');

examples/static-files/public/css/style.css

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+body {
+
+}

examples/static-files/public/hello.txt

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+hey

examples/static-files/public/js/app.js

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+foo