That is something I have tried. When I do it that way and run the program 
there is no error.  However, when I attempt to start the server from the 
command prompt I am presented with the following meesages which ends with 
'Import error: No module named views'

c:\djangoprojects\mysite>python manage.py runserver
Performing system checks...
Unhandled exception in thread started by <function 
check_errors.<locals>.wrapper at 0x03A418A0>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python35\lib\site-packages\django\utils\autoreload.py", line 
226, in wrapper
    fn(*args, **kwargs)
  File 
"C:\Python35\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\commands\runserver.py", 
line 116, in inner_run
    self.check(display_num_errors=True)
  File "C:\Python35\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 
426, in check
    include_deployment_checks=include_deployment_checks,
  File "C:\Python35\lib\site-packages\django\core\checks\registry.py", line 
75, in run_checks
    new_errors = check(app_configs=app_configs)
  File "C:\Python35\lib\site-packages\django\core\checks\urls.py", line 10, 
in check_url_config
    return check_resolver(resolver)
  File "C:\Python35\lib\site-packages\django\core\checks\urls.py", line 19, 
in check_resolver
    for pattern in resolver.url_patterns:
  File "C:\Python35\lib\site-packages\django\utils\functional.py", line 33, 
in __get__
    res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance)
  File "C:\Python35\lib\site-packages\django\core\urlresolvers.py", line 
417, in url_patterns
    patterns = getattr(self.urlconf_module, "urlpatterns", 
self.urlconf_module)
  File "C:\Python35\lib\site-packages\django\utils\functional.py", line 33, 
in __get__
    res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance)
  File "C:\Python35\lib\site-packages\django\core\urlresolvers.py", line 
410, in urlconf_module
    return import_module(self.urlconf_name)
  File "C:\Python35\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 986, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 969, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 958, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 673, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 662, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 222, in 
_call_with_frames_removed
  File "c:\djangoprojects\mysite\mysite\urls.py", line 20, in <module>
    url(r'^polls/', include('polls.urls')),
  File "C:\Python35\lib\site-packages\django\conf\urls\__init__.py", line 
52, in include
    urlconf_module = import_module(urlconf_module)
  File "C:\Python35\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 986, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 969, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 958, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 673, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 662, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 222, in 
_call_with_frames_removed
  File "c:\djangoprojects\mysite\polls\urls.py", line 3, in <module>
    import views
ImportError: No module named 'views'

 

On Sunday, January 31, 2016 at 12:03:39 PM UTC-5, Avraham Serour wrote:

> please try:
> from polls import views
> or
> import views
>
> On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 6:59 PM, jfragos via Django users <
> [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Thank you for the response.  Since there are 2 of them I have posted 
>> both.  I have highlighted in yellow the places where they reside.  I have 
>> also attached the outer directory structure showing c:\djangoprojects and 
>> also a shot of the mysite structure.  I set this up as per the tutorial 
>> instructions or so I think I did.
>>
>> mysite--->polls--->urls.py
>>
>> from django.conf.urls import url
>>
>> from . import views
>> urlpatterns = [
>>     url(r'^$', views.index, name='index'),
>> ]
>>
>>
>> *mysite--->mysite--->urls.py*
>>
>> from django.conf.urls import include, url
>> from django.contrib import admin
>> urlpatterns = [
>>     url(r'^polls/', include('polls.urls')),
>>     url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
>> ]
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, January 31, 2016 at 10:07:21 AM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I am very new to Python and Django but not to programming. I have 
>>> been programming for 30 years. That said I am trying to work my way thru 
>>> the Django tutorial part 1 and I am confronted with the following error I 
>>> can't get past:
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>   File "urls.py", line 3, in <module>
>>>     from . import views
>>> SystemError: Parent module '' not loaded, cannot perform relative import
>>> Press any key to continue . . .
>>>
>>> I'm sure you will request additional information but at this point I'm 
>>> not sure what you will want to see.  I will post whatever you require.I 
>>> have started over 3 times with the same results.  I believe I have followed 
>>> the steps faithfully and I have setup the directory structures as you 
>>> direct.  I didn't change anything. I'm running python 3.5.1 and Django 
>>> 1.9.1. 
>>>
>>> I would appreciate any help getting thru this as its becoming very 
>>> frustrating
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
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