I like to have a few directories on my web server for easy access from anywhere. Most importantly, /files/
Of course, Pelican can handle such things. All you need to do is set STATIC_PATHS in your pelicanconf.py
STATIC_PATHS = ['files', 'share', 'public', 'docs']
And make sure your static directory is within content like below:
content
├── first post.textile
├── second post.textile
├── number three.textile
├── files
│ └── some document.pdf
├── pages
│ ├── about.textile
│ ├── contact.textile
│ ├── links.textile
Pelican will nicely copy these static files from content to output without processing them in any way.
See here for more details: Pelican Docs