Cannot find template files for 1.11

John Wilkinson

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Apr 23, 2018, 9:18:11 AM4/23/18

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I am having trouble setting up django to find my template file I have created.

The settings.py has, among other sections, the following:

INSTALLED_APPS = [

'designer.apps.DesignerConfig',

'django.contrib.admin',

'django.contrib.auth',

'django.contrib.contenttypes',

'django.contrib.sessions',

'django.contrib.messages',

'django.contrib.staticfiles',

]

TEMPLATES = [

{

'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',

'DIRS': ["/home/john/git/primaryWindingsCalculator/windingCalculator/designer/template"],

'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',

],

},

]

If I take the entry out of the DIRS array, django won't be able to find my template file, I have put in a directory:

designer/template/designer/

I thought that if my app was in the INSTALLED_APPS list, then it would look in there dor my templates, and in

designer/static/designer/

for all static files, that it can't find also by the way.

Any help much appreciated.

Many thanks,

John.

Matthew Pava

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Apr 23, 2018, 9:22:05 AM4/23/18

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DIRS does not have the path that you indicated it has. Try changing it.

DIRS = ['designer/template/designer/']

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Matthew Pava

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Apr 23, 2018, 9:26:42 AM4/23/18

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Actually, I just use this construct:

'DIRS': [
# insert your TEMPLATE_DIRS here
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'project_name', 'templates'),
],

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Subject: Cannot find template files for 1.11