Fix Django static files configuration for CI/CD pipeline

- Add STATIC_ROOT setting for collectstatic command
- Configure STATICFILES_DIRS for proper static file management
- Create app/static directory structure with documentation
- Resolve CI ImproperlyConfigured error for staticfiles app
- Ensure static files are properly collected during deployment

app/core/settings.py

@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@ USE_I18N = True
 USE_TZ = True
 
 STATIC_URL = 'static/'
+STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / 'staticfiles'
+
+# Additional locations of static files
+STATICFILES_DIRS = [
+    BASE_DIR / "static",
+]
+
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
 MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
 MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR / 'media'

app/static/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Static Files Directory
+
+This directory contains static files for the Django application.
+
+## Structure:
+- `css/` - Custom CSS files
+- `js/` - Custom JavaScript files  
+- `img/` - Image assets
+- `fonts/` - Font files
+
+Static files are collected to `staticfiles/` directory during deployment via `python manage.py collectstatic`.