old_contents: from __future__ import absolute_import
  from .base import *  # noqa: ignore=F403
  
  
  # dev overrides
  DEBUG = False
  IS_STAGING = True
  
  MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '%s' % UPLOADS_DIR_NAME)
  STATIC_ROOT = '%s/staticserve' % BASE_DIR
  
  COMPRESS_ENABLED = True
  COMPRESS_OFFLINE = True
  
new_contents: from __future__ import absolute_import
  from .base import *  # noqa: ignore=F403
  
  
  # dev overrides
  DEBUG = False
  IS_STAGING = True
  
subject: Revert "trying to fix statics issue" - id didnt work