+ import traceback
+ traceback.print_exc()
+
+#### this is where the problem lies I believe
+# first try to run manage.py collectstatic without this
+# themes
+theme=None
+try:
+ from myslice.configengine import ConfigEngine
+ configEngine = ConfigEngine()
+ if configEngine.myslice.theme :
+ theme = configEngine.myslice.theme
+except:
+ pass
+
+# find out HTTPROOT, which is different from ROOT
+# when deployed from a package
+# this code is run by collectstatic too, so we cannot
+# assume we have ./static present already
+HTTPROOT="/var/www/myslice"
+# the place to store local data, like e.g. the sqlite db
+DATAROOT="/var/www/myslice"
+# if not there, then we assume it's from a devel tree
+if not os.path.isdir (os.path.join(HTTPROOT,"static")):
+ HTTPROOT=ROOT