Have you tried this through a proper server? You've stated that your project isn't running in DEBUG but the django development server is still just that and may be causing this issue. I'm not sure but can't see any harm in seeing if you get the same result if you run through apache to see if it works.
On Sep 6, 8:33 pm, moreeon <morgan.dal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, I'm struggling with an issue my girlfriend says is > "ironic". I can't get my custom 404 page to show. I've broken this > down to the simplest possible case. Here's what I did: > > Create a new project called "experiment" in /home/me/experiment and > add a directory to that called templates. Here's the contents of /home/ > me/experiment/experiment: > > __init__.py > manage.py > settings.py > templates > urls.py > > modify the following in settings.py: > DEBUG = False > 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. > "/home/me/experiment/experiment/templates" > ) > > start up the testserver and go to > > http://localhost:8000/osdijfosdijf > > and get > > "TemplateDoesNotExist: 500.html". > > OK, makes sense. Now add 500.html to the ..../experiment/templates > directory. Contents are "500 page". > > revisit: > > http://localhost:8000/osdijfosdijf > > again and see > > "500 page" > > Perfect. Now the weird part. Add a "404.html" to the same templates > directory and put this in it: > > "404 page" > > and again go to > > http://fairware:8000/sdfdf > > now firefox says: > > "Cannot Complete Request > > Additional information about this problem or error is currently > unavailable" > > here's what gets spat out of the testserver when I submit the request: > > [06/Sep/2009 17:55:20] "GET /sdfdf HTTP/1.1" 404 9 > > I feel like there isn't much to be missed here, but that I must have > missed it. If I create a file called "404.html" in my root template > directory, shouldn't I see the contents of that file when I get a 404? > Obviously django is finding the template. > > I'm using django 1.1 with python 2.6 on ubuntu jaunty. I've (mis?)read > all of the django docs I can find on this. If anyone has incite, > please share. > > Thank You --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
