code: def compatible_staticpath(path):
      
  
      if VERSION >= (1, 10):
          # Since Django 1.10, forms.Media automatically invoke static
          # lazily on the path if it is relative.
          return path
      try:
          # >= 1.4
          from django.templatetags.static import static
          return static(path)
      except ImportError:
          pass
      try:
          # >= 1.3
          return '%s/%s' % (settings.STATIC_URL.rstrip('/'), path)
      except AttributeError:
          pass
      try:
          return '%s/%s' % (settings.PAGEDOWN_URL.rstrip('/'), path)
      except AttributeError:
          pass
      return '%s/%s' % (settings.MEDIA_URL.rstrip('/'), path)
docs: Try to return a path to static the static files compatible all
      the way back to Django 1.2. If anyone has a cleaner or better
      way to do this let me know!