[Django] #22742: Overwriting templates doesn't work as described

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#22742: Overwriting templates doesn't work as described
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Reporter: te@… | Owner: nobody
Type: Uncategorized | Status: new
Component: Documentation | Version: 1.7-beta-2
Severity: Normal | Keywords: Tutorial
Triage Stage: Unreviewed | Has patch: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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The description on how to overwrite templates at
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/intro/tutorial02/ doesn't work for
me.

'''templates folder:'''
mysite/templates

'''admin template:'''
mysite/templates/admin/base_site.html

'''mysite/mysite/settings.py:'''
{{{
"""
Django settings for mysite project.

For more information on this file, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/settings/

For the full list of settings and their values, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/
"""

# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
import os
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))

TEMPLATE_DIRS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')]

# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/deployment/checklist/

# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = ')c5j$@c5u50ss^z_@pnx42!z3w(m83hms&oz!*d96op)dr$7v5'

# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = True

TEMPLATE_DEBUG = True

ALLOWED_HOSTS = []

# Application definition

INSTALLED_APPS = (
'polls',
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
)

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
)

ROOT_URLCONF = 'mysite.urls'

WSGI_APPLICATION = 'mysite.wsgi.application'

# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#databases

DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
}
}

# Internationalization
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/i18n/

LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'

TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'

USE_I18N = True

USE_L10N = True

USE_TZ = True

# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/static-files/

STATIC_URL = '/static/'
}}}

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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/22742>
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#22742: Overwriting templates doesn't work as described

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Reporter: te@… | Owner: nobody
Type: Uncategorized | Status: closed
Component: Documentation | Version: 1.7-beta-2
Severity: Normal | Resolution: worksforme

Keywords: Tutorial | Triage Stage: Unreviewed

Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0

Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0

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Changes (by timo):

* status: new => closed
* needs_better_patch: => 0
* resolution: => worksforme
* needs_tests: => 0
* needs_docs: => 0

Comment:

I guess you may have made a mistake because it does work for me. See the
link below for ways to get help.