updated collectstatic settings

Author: kennethreitz

gettingstarted/settings.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 
 
 # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
@@ -82,6 +83,24 @@
     }
 }
 
+# Password validation
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
+
+AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
+    },
+]
+
 # Internationalization
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/topics/i18n/
 
@@ -106,11 +125,12 @@
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/howto/static-files/
 
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-STATIC_ROOT = 'staticfiles'
+STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'staticfiles')
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
 
+# Extra places for collectstatic to find static files.
 STATICFILES_DIRS = (
-    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'),
+    os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'static'),
 )
 
 # Simplified static file serving.