diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index b9236dc132..6089c47744 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -6,16 +6,8 @@ require("babel-polyfill");
 var path = require('path');
 var glob = require('glob');
 var fs = require('fs');
-var copy = require('recursive-copy');
-var yaml = require('js-yaml');
-var Gettext = require("node-gettext");
-var gettextParser = require("gettext-parser");
-var walk = require("object-walk"); // object-walk supports traversal of JS objects
-var Handlebars = require("handlebars");
-var wax = require("wax-on"); // wax-on adds template inheritance to Handlebars
-var execSync = require("child_process").execSync;
-var mv = require("mv");
 
+const PORT = 8000;
 
 if (!process.env.FLAVOR) {
   process.exitCode = 1;
@@ -52,499 +44,9 @@ for (var i = 0; i < baseViewPaths.length; i++) {
   }
 }
 
-if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
-  shell.mkdir('-p', 'www/dist');
-
-  shell.cat([
-    'src/base/static/css/leaflet-sidebar.css',
-    'src/base/static/css/leaflet.draw.css',
-    'src/base/static/css/spectrum.css',
-    'src/base/static/css/quill.snow.css',
-    'src/base/static/css/default.css',
-    'src/base/static/css/jquery.datetimepicker.css',
-    'src/flavors/' + process.env.FLAVOR + '/static/css/custom.css'
-  ]).to('www/dist/bundle.css');
-}
-
-// =============================================================================
-// BEGIN STATIC SITE BUILD
-//
-// Overview:
-// (1) Configure paths, variables, and utilities
-// (2) Set up Handlebars helpers and resolve template inheritances
-// (3) Convert config yaml to JSON object
-// (4) Compile base Handlebars templates
-// (5) Resolve jstemplates flavor overrides and handles pages/ templates
-// (6) Localize config and jstemplates, and build index file
-// (7) Copy static assets to the dist/ folder
-//
-//
-// NOTES
-//   - This build still depends on a .env file with dataset urls
-//
-// TODOS
-//   - Asynchronous processing!
-//   - Replace Django template filters with Handlebars helpers
-//   - A dev build option that skips all localization, to save time
-//   - In development, use gulp to watch changes to classes of files, and build
-//     components (jstemplates, config blob, etc.) separately as needed. Only
-//     build the final index files for production.
-//   - Some fonts not being resolved correctly? FA seems broken...
-//   - Error checking on fs.readFileSync calls
-// =============================================================================
-
-
-// (1) Set up paths to files and directories needed for the build, as well as
-//     constants and utilities
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-const VERBOSE = true; // Controls logging output
-const PORT = 8000;
-
-// Flavor base
-var flavorBasePath = path.resolve(
-  __dirname,
-  "src/flavors",
-  process.env.FLAVOR
-);
-var flavorConfigPath = path.resolve(
-  flavorBasePath,
-  "config.yml"
-);
-var indexFilesPath = path.resolve(
-  flavorBasePath,
-  "templates"
-);
-
-// Handlebars templates
-var baseJSTemplatesPath = path.resolve(
-  __dirname,
-  "src/base/jstemplates"
-);
-var flavorJSTemplatesPath = path.resolve(
-  flavorBasePath,
-  "jstemplates"
-);
-var flavorPagesPath = path.resolve(  // NOTE: pages are a flavor-only concept,
-                                     // so there's no basePagesPath
-  flavorBasePath,
-  "jstemplates/pages"
-);
-var outputJSTemplatesPath = path.resolve(
-  __dirname,
-  "src/base/static/dist/jstemplates"
-);
-var compiledTemplatesOutputPath = path.resolve(
-  __dirname,
-  "src/base/jstemplates/templates.js" // TODO: is this the right place for this?
-);
-
-// Handlebars executable
-var handlebarsExec = path.resolve(
-  __dirname,
-  "node_modules/handlebars/bin/handlebars"
-);
-
 var outputBasePath = path.resolve(__dirname, "www");
-var compiledTemplatesOutputPath = path.resolve(outputBasePath, "templates.js");
-var outputImageAssetsPath = path.resolve(outputBasePath, "static/css/images");
-
-// Images and markers
-var baseImageAssetsPath = path.resolve(
-  __dirname,
-  "src/base/static/css/images"
-);
-var flavorImageAssetsPath = path.resolve(
-  flavorBasePath,
-  "static/css/images"
-);
-var localeDir = path.resolve(
-  flavorBasePath,
-  "locale"
-);
-var baseJSTemplatesPath = path.resolve(
-  __dirname,
-  "src/base/jstemplates"
-);
-var flavorJSTemplatesPath = path.resolve(
-  flavorBasePath,
-  "jstemplates"
-);
-var handlebarsExec = path.resolve(
-  __dirname,
-  "node_modules/handlebars/bin/handlebars"
-);
-var mergedPOFileOutputPath = path.resolve(
-  __dirname,
-  "src/base/static/dist/django.po"
-)
-
-const PO_FILE_NAME = "django.po";     // Assumes all flavors will have a .po 
-                                      // file matching this name
-const CONFIG_GETTEXT_REGEX = /^_\(/;
-
-// NOTE: We use [\s\S] here instead of . so we can match newlines.
-const JSTEMPLATES_GETTEXT_REGEX = /{{#_}}([\s\S]*?){{\/_}}/g;
-const BASE_STATIC_URL = "/static/";
-const MAPBOX_TOKEN = process.env.MAPBOX_TOKEN;
-
-// TODO: add this to .env
-const CLICKY_ANALYTICS_ID = process.env.CLICKY_ANALYTICS_ID || "";
-
-// TODO: add this to .env
-const MAPQUEST_KEY = process.env.MAPQUEST_KEY || "";
-
-// TODO: add this to .env
-const GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ID = process.env.GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ID || "";
-
-// Pull out dataset urls from the .env file. We ignore the keys, as they're no
-// longer needed.
-var datasetSiteUrls = {};
-Object.keys(process.env).forEach(function(key) {
-  if (key.endsWith("SITE_URL")) {
-    datasetSiteUrls[key] = process.env[key];
-  }
-});
-
-// Logging
-var log = function(msg) {
-  if (VERBOSE) {
-    console.log(
-      "(STATIC SITE BUILD) ",
-      msg,
-      (
-        (time)
-          ? "in " + time + " ms"
-          : ""
-      )
-    );
-  }
-};
-
-// Gettext object
-var gt = new Gettext();
-
-
-// (2) Register Handlebars helpers and resolve template inheritances
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-// Helper for serializing config objects and injecting them into the index.html
-// file
-Handlebars.registerHelper("serialize", function(json) {
-  if (!json) return false;
-  return JSON.stringify(json);
-});
-
-// Gettext helper
-Handlebars.registerHelper("_", function(msg) {
-  return gt.gettext(msg);
-});
-
-// Helper for injecting precompiled templates to the index.html file
-Handlebars.registerHelper("precompile_jstemplates", function() {
-  return fs.readFileSync(compiledTemplatesOutputPath);
-});
-
-// Set up template inheritance resolving
-wax.on(Handlebars);
-wax.setLayoutPath(path.resolve(flavorBasePath, "templates"));
-
-
-// (3) Convert the config yaml to json
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-var config;
-var d = time(
-  () => {
-    config = yaml.safeLoad(fs.readFileSync(flavorConfigPath));
-  }
-);
-log("Finished YAML parse", d);
-
-
-// (4) Compile base.hbs and index.html templates for the current flavor
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-var source = fs.readFileSync(
-  path.resolve(
-    flavorBasePath, 
-    "templates/index.html"
-  ), 
-  "utf8"
-);
-var template = Handlebars.compile(source);
-
-
-// (5) Copy all jstemplates and flavor pages to a working directory from which 
-//     the templates can be localized and precompiled. Also resolve flavor 
-//     jstemplates overrides at this step
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-var d = time(
-  () => {
-    source = fs.readFileSync(
-      path.resolve(
-        flavorBasePath,
-        "templates/index.html"
-      ),
-      "utf8"
-    );
-
-// Override flavor jstemplates
-copy(
-  path.resolve(
-    flavorBasePath,
-    "static/css/custom.css"
-  ),
-  path.resolve(outputBasePath, "css/custom.css"),
-  { overwrite: true }
-);
-log("Finished copying jstemplates assets", d);
-
-
-// (6) Localize the config for each language for the current flavor, precompile
-//     localized jstemplates Handlebars templates, and inject all localized
-//     content into the index-xx.html file
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-fs.readdirSync(flavorLocaleDir)
-  .filter((item) => {
-
-    // Filter out hidden files in the locale directory (like .DS_Store on OSX)
-    return !(/(^|\/)\.[^\/\.]/g).test(item);
-  })
-  .forEach((langDir) => {
-
-  // Quick and dirty config clone
-  var thisConfig =  JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(config));
-  var flavorPOPath = path.resolve(
-    flavorLocaleDir,
-    langDir,
-    "LC_MESSAGES",
-    PO_FILE_NAME
-  );
-
-  // Merge the current language .po with the base project .po of the same
-  // language, if it exists.
-  var input;
-  try {
-    execSync(
-      "msgcat" + // NOTE: msgcat is a gettext command line program that merges
-                 // two .po files.
-      " --no-location " +
-      " -o " + mergedPOFileOutputPath + " " +
-      flavorPOPath + " " +
-      path.resolve(
-        baseLocaleDir,
-        langDir,
-        "LC_MESSAGES",
-        PO_FILE_NAME
-      )
-    );
-    input = fs.readFileSync(mergedPOFileOutputPath);
-    log("Finsihed merging .po file for " + langDir);
-  } catch(e) {
-    log("Skipping .po file merge for " + langDir + ": no base .po file found");
-    input = fs.readFileSync(flavorPOPath);
-  }
-
-  var po = gettextParser.po.parse(input);
-  gt.addTranslations(langDir, "messages", po);
-  gt.setTextDomain("messages");
-  gt.setLocale(langDir);
-
-  // Localize the config for the current language.
-  walk(thisConfig, (val, prop, obj) => {
-    if (typeof val === "string") {
-      if (CONFIG_GETTEXT_REGEX.test(val)) {
-        val = val
-          .replace(CONFIG_GETTEXT_REGEX, "")
-          .replace(/\)$/, "");
-      }
-
-      obj[prop] = gt.gettext(val);
-    }
-  });
-  log("Finished localizing config for " + langDir);
-
-  // Add dataset site urls
-  thisConfig["datasets"] = datasetSiteUrls;
-
-
-  // (5a) Copy all jstemplates and flavor pages to a working directory from 
-  //      which the templates can be localized and precompiled. Also resolve 
-  //      flavor jstemplates overrides at this step
-  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-  try {
-    fs.copySync(
-      baseJSTemplatesPath,
-      outputJSTemplatesPath
-    );
-  } catch (e) {
-    log("(ERROR!) Error copying base jstemplates assets: " + e);
-  }
-
-  try {
-    fs.copySync(
-      flavorJSTemplatesPath,
-      outputJSTemplatesPath
-    );
-  } catch (e) {
-    log("(ERROR!) Error copying flavor jstemplates assets: " + e);
-  }
-
-  try {
-    fs.copySync(
-      flavorPagesPath,
-      outputJSTemplatesPath
-    );
-  } catch (e) {
-    log("(ERROR!) Error copying flavor pages assets: " + e);
-  }
-
-  log("Finished copying jstemplates assets");
-
-  // Localize jstemplates
-  fs.readdirSync(outputJSTemplatesPath).forEach((template) => {
-    if (template.endsWith("html")) {
-      var templ = path.resolve(outputJSTemplatesPath, template);
-      var result = fs.readFileSync(
-        templ,
-        "utf8"
-      ).replace(
-        JSTEMPLATES_GETTEXT_REGEX,
-        (match, capture) => {
-          return gt.gettext(capture);
-        }
-      );
-
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        templ,
-        result,
-        "utf8"
-      );
-    }
-  });
-
-  // Precompile jstemplates and pages Handlebars templates
-  execSync(
-    handlebarsExec + 
-    " -m -e 'html' " + outputJSTemplatesPath + 
-    " -f " + compiledTemplatesOutputPath +
-    // List known template helpers. This is a precompilation optimization.
-    " -k current_url" +
-    " -k permalink" +
-    " -k is" +
-    " -k is_not" +
-    " -k if_fileinput_not_supported" +
-    " -k if_not_authenticated" +
-    " -k property" +
-    " -k is_authenticated" +
-    " -k current_user" +
-    " -k formatdatetime" +
-    " -k fromnow" +
-    " -k truncatechars" +
-    " -k is_submitter_name" +
-    " -k action_text" +
-    " -k place_type_label" +
-    " -k survey_label_by_count" +
-    " -k survey_label" +
-    " -k survey_label_plural" +
-    " -k support_label" +
-    " -k support_label_plural" +
-    " -k survey_count" +
-    " -k get_value" +
-    " -k select_item_value" +
-    " -k contains" +
-    " -k place_url" +
-    " -k windowLocation" +
-    " -k nlToBr" +
-    " -k formatDateTime" +
-    " -k fromNow" +
-    " -k times" +
-    " -k range" +
-    " -k select" +
-    " -k ifAnd"
-  );
-  log("Finished jstemplates compilation for " + langDir);
-
-  // Build the index-xx.html file for this language
-  var result = template({
-    config: thisConfig,
-    settings: {
-      MAPBOX_TOKEN: MAPBOX_TOKEN,
-      CLICKY_ANALYTICS_ID: CLICKY_ANALYTICS_ID,
-      MAPQUEST_KEY: MAPBOX_TOKEN,
-      GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ID: GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ID,
-    },
-    LANGUAGE_CODE: langDir,
-
-    // TODO: what are we going to do about session management?
-    user_token_json: "",
-
-    // TODO: user agent identification needs to be moved client-side
-    user_agent_json: {
-      browser: {
-        name: "some browser name"
-      }
-    }
-  });
-
-  // Write out final index.html file
-  var filename = path.resolve(
-    outputBasePath,
-    (langDir == 'en_US' ? 'index' : langDir.toLowerCase().replace("_", "-")) + ".html"
-  );
-  fs.writeFileSync(filename, result);
-});
-
-
-// (7) Move static image assets to the dist/ folder. Copy base project assets
-//     first, then copy flavor assets, overriding base assets as needed
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-// Copy base project static image assets to src/base/static/dist/images 
-try {
-  fs.copySync(
-    baseImageAssetsPath, 
-    outputImageAssetsPath
-  );
-} catch (e) {
-  log("(ERROR!) Error copying base image assets: " + e);
-}
-
-// Copy flavor static image assets to www/images, replacing
-// base assets as necessary
-try {
-  fs.copySync(
-    flavorImageAssetsPath, 
-    outputImageAssetsPath
-  );
-} catch (e) {
-  log("(ERROR!) Error copying flavor image assets: " + e);
-}
-
-// Copy flavor custom.css
-try {
-  fs.copySync(
-    path.resolve(
-      flavorBasePath, 
-      "static/css/custom.css"
-    ), 
-    path.resolve(
-      __dirname, 
-      "src/base/static/dist/custom.css"
-    )
-  );
-} catch (e) {
-  log("(ERROR!) Error copying flavor custom.css: " + e);
-}
-
-
-// =============================================================================
-// END STATIC SITE BUILD
-// =============================================================================
+const extractSCSS = new ExtractTextPlugin("bundle.css");
+const extractYML = new ExtractTextPlugin("config-en_US.js");
 
 module.exports = {
   entry: entryPoints,
@@ -603,4 +105,4 @@ module.exports = {
     compress: true,
     port: PORT
   }
-};
+};
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