It seems like you're not activating the virtual environment. Active the virtual environment and install the dependencies.
On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 11:02 PM Shishir Jha <[email protected]> wrote: > Can you show the code that you have written until page 55? > > > On Fri, 6 Mar 2020, 9:01 am Philip Means, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thank you for your response. The book is Django for Beginners, by >> William S. Vincent. I will copy and send you the chapter I am having >> trouble with. My directory structure, as created by Django, doesn't seem >> to be the same as his, so I will send you that as well. The problem I am >> having >> is that after the changes to the files have been made, and I "runserver" >> (on page 55) I get a huge error dialog that seems to say that django can't >> find the app. I have deleted the project several times and re-entered it, >> so I think it is unlikely that it is a typing error. >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 8:27 PM Jorge Gimeno <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 6:04 PM Philip Means <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I am new to web development. Wanted to help my daughter with a simple >>>> website (she does pet portraits) and learn something that interests me. I >>>> watched some you tube tutorials, then bought a book. First couple simple >>>> projects went OK. Then I got to templates and I have not been able to get >>>> the example project to work. Been banging my head against the wall for >>>> about a week. Part of the problem is my directory structure does not look >>>> like the authors and so I am not sure I am putting things in the right >>>> place. When I go searching for another explanation of how to set it up, I >>>> find that nobody seems to do it the same way. Also, I find the jargon >>>> confusing. At this point I just want to display a simple html page. If >>>> this is in the wrong place, maybe someone can direct me to a better one. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/fe83a557-759d-460d-96ec-2c7fd18117bb%40googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/fe83a557-759d-460d-96ec-2c7fd18117bb%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> >>> Django is a framework that supports a lot of features, and that means >>> there's a lot of moving parts. However, similar to driving a car, you need >>> to know a few things to get things working, rather than knowing the >>> niceties of how everything works. >>> >>> To address your point about project structure, there's a lot of opinions >>> on this (most of them are subjective). I have a structure I use and I'm >>> comfortable with, but Django will support some variety in this. >>> >>> Without seeing what code you have and what happens that is not expected, >>> we don't know where we can help. So, to help us understand, we need to >>> know a few things. >>> >>> 1. What steps did you take to get here? >>> >>> 2.. What goes wrong? If there's a traceback, copying and pasting it is >>> invaluable. >>> >>> 3. We may ask to see code. Again, copying and pasting that will help >>> us understand what is going on. >>> >>> You said that your project isn't working once you get to templates. Is >>> there a book or tutorial you are following? That might help us know where >>> to start. >>> >>> In addition to this list, there is a forum at forum.djangoproject.com >>> (I follow posts in there as well). That might be another resource for you, >>> as sometimes the question you have has already been answered. >>> >>> -Jorge >>> >>> -- >>> 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 view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CANfN%3DK9POCHxkn8-OoU2Yoy3rj%3D%3D9%3DPVOZo0E07fOrPbqcV87w%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CANfN%3DK9POCHxkn8-OoU2Yoy3rj%3D%3D9%3DPVOZo0E07fOrPbqcV87w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> 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 view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAM%3DzXYddr_TyXy43rhgtAAfJNJS%3D7D-EE6KngCcyYuhGQ9wXcw%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAM%3DzXYddr_TyXy43rhgtAAfJNJS%3D7D-EE6KngCcyYuhGQ9wXcw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CA%2BC7wFQhMzBAWQH-f3N8uxcUYyPtPY8tLLn2Df0eL114DL9%3DQA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CA%2BC7wFQhMzBAWQH-f3N8uxcUYyPtPY8tLLn2Df0eL114DL9%3DQA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. 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