Server Error (500) with DEBUG=False

This is my first post to GitHub, so I am hopeful that I am submitting this information in the proper manner.

I could not find this in documentation anywhere, but ran into an issue and a solution. I recommend updating the documentation for this solution.

I setup Summernote in my Django3 Project. Everything looked perfect. I deployed to Heroku, but then could not access anything where Summernote was enabled. I was getting a Server Error (500). After checking quite a few different things, I realized the difference was that in my push to Heroku, my DEBUG is set to False. I changed this same setting in my dev environment and sure enough, same result.

After hours of trying to track down the problem, I decided to move on for the time being and install a different Rich Text Editor. It was during the installation of that other editor where they had one line for their documentation. python manage.py collectstatic

I realized that some static files had caused me problems previously, causing a 500 error when Debug was set to False. I figured, why not give this a try.

Once I ran this, Summernote started working without issue.

I pushed to Heroku, and everything is working as expected. Not a bug in the application, just recommending adding one line to the documentation.

Thank you.

[lqez]

Thanks. I added a step for collectstatic in README.md https://github.com/summernote/django-summernote/commit/90948e9f6bd8ed7f7cd46f92b0daf699a6d19c20

[soflacoderchick]

Thank you, rahulmars007 – I finally figured this out!