Fixed #12217: Documented the fact that serving flatpages from the flatpage middleware does not apply view middleware methods.

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The middleware only gets activated for 404s -- not for 500s or responses of any The middleware only gets activated for 404s -- not for 500s or responses of any
other status code. other status code.
.. admonition:: Flatpages will not apply view middleware
Because the ``FlatpageFallbackMiddleware`` is applied only after
URL resolution has failed and produced a 404, the response it
returns will not apply any :ref:`view middleware <view-middlware>`
methods. Only requests which are successfully routed to a view via
normal URL resolution apply view middleware.
Note that the order of :setting:`MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES` matters. Generally, you can Note that the order of :setting:`MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES` matters. Generally, you can
put :class:`~django.contrib.flatpages.middleware.FlatpageFallbackMiddleware` at put :class:`~django.contrib.flatpages.middleware.FlatpageFallbackMiddleware` at
the end of the list, because it's a last resort. the end of the list, because it's a last resort.