`staticfiles` dir should not be present in the repository

[ar4s]

staticfiles with current settings.py points manage.py collectstatic where should collect a static files.

My proposal is:

• get rid of staticfiles
• introduce var - contains variable data files (like in unix/linux)
• add var to .gitignore

In var in the near future we can store media files (avatars, etc).

[nfoert]

In var in the near future we can store media files (avatars, etc).

I'm unsure on how exactly the best way to store the files is in production, as I will have to add new components and disk space to the production server, I will have to look into this.

[ar4s]

I was referring to the development environment at the moment. For production you should use some block storage like S3 from AWS or R2 from CloudFlare to store this kind of data.

[nfoert]

I was referring to the development environment at the moment. For production you should use some block storage like S3 from AWS or R2 from CloudFlare to store this kind of data.

Ah I see, that was my mistake. That makes sense, I will definitely look into implementing this soon
It will likely be related to #46 when we're uploading the images