TemplateDoesNotExist at /join/home.html (Django) - django

Question

I've went through the other answers here but can't grasp how to fix my version of this problem since this is my first project. I can get 127.0.0.1:8000/admin to show up just fine.
I'm getting this error:
TemplateDoesNotExist at /join/home.html.
Request Method: GET
Request URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Django Version: 1.5.1
Exception Type: TemplateDoesNotExist
Exception Value: /join/home.html.
home.html is located in /Users/user/Desktop/mvp_landing/static/templates/join
In my views.py I have this:
from django.shortcuts import render_to_response, RequestContext
from .models import Join
from .forms import JoinForm
def home(request):
form = JoinForm(request.POST or None)
if form.is_valid():
new_join = form.save(commit=False)
new_join.save()
return render_to_response('/join/home.html.', locals(), context_instance=RequestContext(request))
so I should be ok with what I have here in settings.py for TEMPLATE_DIRS, right?:
TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)), "static", "templates"),
)
Here is the entire settings.py(with db info, etc removed):
import os
DEBUG = True
TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)), "static", "media")
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)), "static", "static-only")
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)), "static", "static"),
)
STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
# 'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.DefaultStorageFinder',
)
SECRET_KEY = 'xxxxxxxxxxx'
TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
# 'django.template.loaders.eggs.Loader',
)
MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
# Uncomment the next line for simple clickjacking protection:
'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
)
ROOT_URLCONF = 'mvp_landing.urls'
WSGI_APPLICATION = 'mvp_landing.wsgi.application'
TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)), "static", "templates"),
)
INSTALLED_APPS = (
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.sites',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
# Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
'django.contrib.admin',
# Uncomment the next line to enable admin documentation:
'django.contrib.admindocs',
'south',
'join',
)
and urls.py is this:
from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
from django.conf import settings
# Uncomment the next two lines to enable the admin:
from django.contrib import admin
admin.autodiscover()
urlpatterns = patterns('',
(r'static/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', {'document_root': settings.STATIC_ROOT}),
(r'media/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', {'document_root': settings.MEDIA_ROOT}),
url(r'^$', 'join.views.home', name='home'),
# Uncomment the admin/doc line below to enable admin documentation:
url(r'^admin/doc/', include('django.contrib.admindocs.urls')),
# Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
)
Any help is appreciated, thanks.

Answer 1

You should fix the path here:
return render_to_response('join/home.html', locals(), context_instance=RequestContext(request))
Notice how I removed the / at the beginning and also the trailing .
Hope this helps

Answer 2

Remove the first slash in the view template string.