don't override default StaticFilesStorage
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ STATIC_URL = "/static/"
# Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/static/"
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, STATIC_URL.strip("/"))
-STATICFILES_STORAGE = "hydroshare.storage.ForgivingManifestStaticFilesStorage"
+# TODO: Manifest static file storage deactivated for now, pending further debugging
+# STATICFILES_STORAGE = "hydroshare.storage.ForgivingManifestStaticFilesStorage"
# URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use a
# trailing slash.
