Django test project TemplateDoesNotExist at / - django

Question

I know this question has been asked many times but even after resolving all the things I am still getting this error. My setup is as follow -
settings.py
"""
Django settings for my_notebook project.
Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 1.8.3.
For more information on this file, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/topics/settings/
For the full list of settings and their values, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/ref/settings/
"""
# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
import os
#outside src folder
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/howto/deployment/checklist/
# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = 'zzyo5*=sv3of&2la#$v=6)9x&+sn_b4sr94==mi1$b*&qhej+!'
# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = True
ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
# Application definition
INSTALLED_APPS = (
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
'signups'
)
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',
'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
)
ROOT_URLCONF = 'my_notebook.urls'
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [],
'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',
],
},
},
]
WSGI_APPLICATION = 'my_notebook.wsgi.application'
# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/ref/settings/#databases
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
}
}
# Internationalization
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/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/1.8/howto/static-files/
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
#templates location
TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
os.path.join(os.path.dirname(BASE_DIR), "static_1", "templates"),
)
as its appearing in the error page.
I have a file defined in this folder signup.html
My view appears as -
from django.shortcuts import render, render_to_response, RequestContext
# Create your views here.
def home(request):
return render_to_response("signup.html", locals(), context_instance=RequestContext(request))
this view appears inside an app named signups which has been added to settings.py already in my project as -
INSTALLED_APPS = (
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
'signups'
)
Lastly urls.py of my project -
urlpatterns = patterns('',
url(r'^$', "signups.views.home", name='home'),
url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
)
Can someone please help me why i am getting this error
TemplateDoesNotExist at / signup.html
I am using django 1.8.3.
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

The TEMPLATE_DIRS setting should only be configured if you are loading templates that do not belong to any application.
In your case you have a template signup.html that is for the signups application; so you should do this:
First, get rid of the TEMPLATE_DIRS setting. In django 1.8 this setting was removed anyway (see this page on the new template configuration).
Create a directory called templates in the same directory that has the views.py for your signups app, it should look like this:
signups/
migrations/
__init__.py
admin.py
models.py
tests.py
views.py
templates/
signups/
In this signups/templates/signups/ directory, create your signup.html file.
Now, in your view you need:
from django.shortcuts import render
def home(request):
return render(request, 'signups/signup.html')