Add staticfiles app and note on generating css to install instructions

INSTALL.rst

@@ -95,13 +95,19 @@ development server. Do add an admin user when prompted:
     source .venv/bin/activate
     pip install -r requirements.txt
 
-    # Setup and run dev server
+    # generate the css from the sass
+    ../bin/make_css
+
+    # Setup django install
     ./manage.py syncdb
     ./manage.py migrate mapit
+
+    # run dev server
     ./manage.py runserver
 
 (Alternatively, set up a live web server however you wish - see the Deployment
-Django documentation for details beyond the scope of this document.)
+Django documentation for details beyond the scope of this document. Remember to
+run ``./manage.py collectstatic`` too if running Django >= 1.3.)
 
 You can then visit http://localhost:8000/ and hopefully see the default MapIt
 homepage. http://localhost:8000/admin/ should show the admin interface.

project/settings.py

@@ -179,6 +179,14 @@
     'django.contrib.sites',
     'django.contrib.admin',
     'django.contrib.gis',
+
     'south',
     'mapit',
 )
+
+# use staticfiles if Django recent enough. If not then trust that the webserver
+# can handle serving the content. mySociety currently runs mapit on Django 1.2.x
+# as that is the version in the Debian Squeeze package.
+if django.get_version() >= '1.3':
+    INSTALLED_APPS += ( 'django.contrib.staticfiles', )
+    STATIC_URL = '/static'