You have to give template directories, not template names in the
settings.py.
Thanks,
Anoop
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On 1 March 2012 01:16, Django_for_SB <sami.balb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I'm going through the tutorial on djangoproject.com, and can't seem to
> hurdle over this section that reads "Write views that actually do
> something"
>
> Here's the code I have so far, which is directly copied from the
> tutorial or prescribed by the tutorial:
>
> views.py:
> "from django.template import Context, loader
> from polls.models import Poll
> from django.http import HttpResponse
>
> def index(request):
> latest_poll_list = Poll.objects.all().order_by('-pub_date')[:5]
> t = loader.get_template('polls/index.html')
> c = Context({
> 'latest_poll_list': latest_poll_list,
> })
> return HttpResponse(t.render(c))"
>
>
>
> settings.py:
> "...
> TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
> # Put strings here, like "/home/html/django_templates" or "C:/www/
> django/templates".
> # Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
> # Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
> 'C:/Python27/my_Djando_projects/mysite/My_Templates/admin/
> base_site.html'
> 'C:/Python27/my_Djando_projects/mysite/My_Templates/admin/
> index.html'
> 'C:/Python27/my_Djando_projects/mysite/My_Templates/polls/
> index.html'
> )
> ..."
>
>
> index.html:
> "{% if latest_poll_list %}
> <ul>
> {% for poll in latest_poll_list %}
> <li><a href="/polls/{{ poll.id }}/">{{ poll.question }}</a></
> li>
> {% endfor %}
> </ul>
> {% else %}
> <p>No polls are available.</p>
> {% endif %}
> "
>
>
>
>
> I keep getting the same error, which reads:
>
>
> TemplateDoesNotExist at /polls/
>
> polls/index.html
>
> Request Method: GET
> Request URL: http://localhost:8000/polls/
> Django Version: 1.3.1
> Exception Type: TemplateDoesNotExist
> Exception Value:
>
> polls/index.html
>
> Exception Location: C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\template
> \loader.py in find_template, line 138
> Python Executable: C:\Python27\python.exe
> Python Version: 2.7.2
> Python Path:
>
> ['C:\\Python27\\my_Djando_projects\\mysite',
> 'C:\\Windows\\system32\\python27.zip',
> 'C:\\Python27\\DLLs',
> 'C:\\Python27\\lib',
> 'C:\\Python27\\lib\\plat-win',
> 'C:\\Python27\\lib\\lib-tk',
> 'C:\\Python27',
> 'C:\\Python27\\lib\\site-packages']
>
> Server time: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:32:54 -0800
> Template-loader postmortem
>
> Django tried loading these templates, in this order:
>
> Using loader django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader:
> c:\python27\my_djando_projects\mysite\my_templates\admin
> \base_site.html
> c:\python27\my_djando_projects\mysite\my_templates\admin\index.html
> c:\python27\my_djando_projects\mysite\my_templates\polls\index.html
> \polls\index.html (File does not exist)
> Using loader django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader:
> c:\python27\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\admin\templates\polls
> \index.html (File does not exist)
>
>
>
>
> What on earth am I doing wrong here? I've so many different variations
> of my settings.py, views.py, and index.html. Any help would be much
> appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> SB
>
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