You might need to make for admin mysite/templates/admin/base_site.html for regular html files for the polls only mysite/polls/templates/polls/index.html
That is how I got it to work. Good luck!!! :-) On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Ken Wayne <[email protected]> wrote: > Windows 8 > Django 1.7.1 > Python 3.4.2 > Google Chrome Version 39.0.2171.95 m > > Bottom of part 2 of the the tutorial > https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/intro/tutorial02/ it indicates how > to customize the admin template but when I follow the directions it doesn't > show any change in my browser. I've restarted the development server and > refreshed my browser. > > *File Snip base_site.html:* > {% block title %}{{ title }} | <h1 id="site-name"><a href="{% url > 'admin:index' %}">Polls Administration</a></h1> {% endblock %} > > *File Snip settings.py:* > import os > BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)) > # TEMPLATE_DIRS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')] > TEMPLATE_DIRS = ['C:\Python34\Scripts\mysite\templates'] > > I tried the environment path, and hard coding the path. Since the > tutorial didn't indicate the BASE_DIR path I made a copy of the file in > each of the following directories: > C:\Python34\Scripts\mysite\templates\admin > C:\Python34\Scripts\mysite\mysite\templates\admin > C:\Python34\Scripts\mysite\polls\templates\admin > > Any thoughts on what I might be doing wrong? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/0a7c4e30-ba26-418b-b217-72936c72975f%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/0a7c4e30-ba26-418b-b217-72936c72975f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAON-vCPcGEhk3%2B0wO4RXSnuQWqW5H6H4ZbiHoo1h5yRx36GbBQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

