The 'g_auth/templates' directory should be searched because of 'APP_DIRS': True. Is 'g_auth' in INSTALLED_APPS?
On Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 9:54:27 PM UTC-4, Justin Stubbs wrote: > > Hi Guys, > > Im following the tutorial > https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/intro/tutorial03/ and have found > that the section on templates doesn't appear to be correct. > > The section talks about how django templates are loaded by default if you > put them in the correct path: > > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lJdY4kudaBg/WVWk2j9nr0I/AAAAAAAABNw/ymN-99SZwfAqblDJ0VeIjXD9dWIpoui-gCLcBGAs/s1600/dir_structure.png> > > > > def auth(request): > return render(request, 'g_auth/index.html') > > > > > but when I used a similar example django complained about not being able > to find the templates. I ended up having to change the django settings file > 'DIRS': > > TEMPLATES = [ > { > 'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates', > 'DIRS': [ > os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'g_auth/templates') > ], > 'APP_DIRS': True, > 'OPTIONS': { > 'context_processors': [ > 'django.template.context_processors.debug', > 'django.template.context_processors.request', > 'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth', > 'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages', > ], > }, > }, > ] > > > After reading > https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/templates/upgrading/ > > Hoping to get this clarified as for a beginner this would be quite > complicated(assuming I haven't missed the boat completely here) > > Cheers, > > Justin > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/013d969c-6a62-4ec9-bf38-f91b38ec6000%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
