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+import os.path
+from django.http import HttpResponse
+from django.template import RequestContext, loader
+
+def handler(request, errorcode):
+    STATIC_ROOT = '/home/www/website/www/conservancy/static/'
+    path = 'error/' + errorcode + '/index.html'
+    fullpath = STATIC_ROOT + path
+    if not os.path.exists(fullpath):
+        return HttpResponse("Internal error: " + path)
+    template = loader.get_template(path)
+    context = RequestContext(request)
+    return HttpResponse(template.render(context))
+
+def handler401(request):
+    return handler(request, '401')
+
+def handler403(request):
+    return handler(request, '403')
+
+def handler404(request):
+    return handler(request, '404')
+
+def handler500(request):
+    return handler(request, '500')
+
+def index(request):
+    # return HttpResponse("Hello, static world: " + request.get_full_path())
+    path = request.get_full_path()
+    path = path.lstrip('/')
+    if path[-1:] == '/':
+        path += 'index.html'
+    STATIC_ROOT = '/home/www/website/www/conservancy/static/'
+    fullpath = STATIC_ROOT + path
+    if not os.path.exists(fullpath):
+        # return HttpResponse("Sorry that's a 404: " + path)
+        return handler404(request)
+    template = loader.get_template(path)
+    context = RequestContext(request)
+    return HttpResponse(template.render(context))
+
+def debug(request):
+    path = request.get_full_path()
+    path = path.lstrip('/')
+    return HttpResponse("Hello, static world: " + path)
+