Finally realised how static files are served. Made a new branch because of replanning of the workflow. Old progress can be seen at branch django_old. I will also be removing the flask branch shortly.

website/home/views.py

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+from django.shortcuts import render
+import os.path
+
+def homePage(request):
+    currencyTotal = open(os.path.dirname(__file__) + "/../currency.txt","r")
+    currencyTotal = currencyTotal.readline()
+    context = {
+        "currencyTotal" : currencyTotal
+    }
+    return render(request, "home.html", context)