making flat files delivery more robust

settings.py

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ LOGBOOK_PARSER_SETTINGS = {
                 "1982": ("1982/log.htm", "Parseloghtml01"), 
             }
 
-APPEND_SLASH = False
+APPEND_SLASH = False # never relevant because we have urls that match unknown files and produce an 'edit this page' response
 SMART_APPEND_SLASH = True
 
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
 # See the recommended order of these in https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/ref/middleware/
 MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
     #'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware', # SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT and SECURE_SSL_HOST # we don't use this
-    'django.middleware.gzip.GZipMiddleware', # not needed as expofiles and photos served by apache
+    'django.middleware.gzip.GZipMiddleware', # not needed when expofiles and photos served by apache
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware', # Manages sessions, if CSRF_USE_SESSIONS then it needs to be early
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware', # DISALLOWED_USER_AGENTS, APPEND_SLASH and PREPEND_WWW
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware', # Cross Site Request Forgeries by adding hidden form fields to POST
@@ -138,20 +138,20 @@ MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
     'django.contrib.admindocs.middleware.XViewMiddleware', # this and docutils needed by admindocs
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware', # Cookie-based and session-based message support. Needed by admin system
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware', # clickjacking protection via the X-Frame-Options header
-    'troggle.middleware.SmartAppendSlashMiddleware' # 
+    'troggle.middleware.SmartAppendSlashMiddleware' # doesn't seem to be working...
 )
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'troggle.urls'
 
-WSGI_APPLICATION = 'troggle.wsgi.application'
+WSGI_APPLICATION = 'troggle.wsgi.application' # change to asgi as soon as we upgrade to Django 3.0
 
 ACCOUNT_ACTIVATION_DAYS=3
 
-AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE = 'core.person'
+# AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE = 'core.person' # used by removed profiles app ?
 
 QM_PATTERN="\[\[\s*[Qq][Mm]:([ABC]?)(\d{4})-(\d*)-(\d*)\]\]"
 
-# Re-enable TinyMCE when Dj upgraded to v3. Also templates/editflatpage.html
+# Re-enable TinyMCE when Dj upgraded to v3. Also templates/editexpopage.html
 # TINYMCE_DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
     # 'plugins': "table,spellchecker,paste,searchreplace",
     # 'theme': "advanced",