Just to get you past the error and display your data, I suggest hard coding the directory path in your view. The work your way backwards to the settings file
try t = loader.get_template('C:\\Python27\\my_Djando_projects\\mysite\\My_Templates\\polls\\index.html'') You could also add a little bit of python into your view to list the directory and print out the variable in the template just for a sanity check path=C:\\Python27\\my_Djando_projects\\mysite\\My_Templates\\polls\\' var=os.lisdir(path) c = Context({ 'latest_poll_list': latest_poll_list,"var":var, }) and then add the dictionary value {{var}} in your template On Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:48:53 PM UTC-5, atm wrote: > > You have to give template directories, not template names in the > settings.py. > Thanks, > Anoop > atm > ___ > Life is short, Live it hard. > > > > > On 1 March 2012 01:16, Django_for_SB <sami.balb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >> I'm going through the tutorial on djangoproject.com, and can't seem to >> hurdle over this section that reads "Write views that actually do >> something" >> >> Here's the code I have so far, which is directly copied from the >> tutorial or prescribed by the tutorial: >> >> views.py: >> "from django.template import Context, loader >> from polls.models import Poll >> from django.http import HttpResponse >> >> def index(request): >> latest_poll_list = Poll.objects.all().order_by('-pub_date')[:5] >> t = loader.get_template('polls/index.html') >> c = Context({ >> 'latest_poll_list': latest_poll_list, >> }) >> return HttpResponse(t.render(c))" >> >> >> >> settings.py: >> "... >> 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. >> 'C:/Python27/my_Djando_projects/mysite/My_Templates/admin/ >> base_site.html' >> 'C:/Python27/my_Djando_projects/mysite/My_Templates/admin/ >> index.html' >> 'C:/Python27/my_Djando_projects/mysite/My_Templates/polls/ >> index.html' >> ) >> ..." >> >> >> index.html: >> "{% if latest_poll_list %} >> <ul> >> {% for poll in latest_poll_list %} >> <li><a href="/polls/{{ poll.id }}/">{{ poll.question }}</a></ >> li> >> {% endfor %} >> </ul> >> {% else %} >> <p>No polls are available.</p> >> {% endif %} >> " >> >> >> >> >> I keep getting the same error, which reads: >> >> >> TemplateDoesNotExist at /polls/ >> >> polls/index.html >> >> Request Method: GET >> Request URL: http://localhost:8000/polls/ >> Django Version: 1.3.1 >> Exception Type: TemplateDoesNotExist >> Exception Value: >> >> polls/index.html >> >> Exception Location: C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\template >> \loader.py in find_template, line 138 >> Python Executable: C:\Python27\python.exe >> Python Version: 2.7.2 >> Python Path: >> >> ['C:\\Python27\\my_Djando_projects\\mysite', >> 'C:\\Windows\\system32\\python27.zip', >> 'C:\\Python27\\DLLs', >> 'C:\\Python27\\lib', >> 'C:\\Python27\\lib\\plat-win', >> 'C:\\Python27\\lib\\lib-tk', >> 'C:\\Python27', >> 'C:\\Python27\\lib\\site-packages'] >> >> Server time: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:32:54 -0800 >> Template-loader postmortem >> >> Django tried loading these templates, in this order: >> >> Using loader django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader: >> c:\python27\my_djando_projects\mysite\my_templates\admin >> \base_site.html >> c:\python27\my_djando_projects\mysite\my_templates\admin\index.html >> c:\python27\my_djando_projects\mysite\my_templates\polls\index.html >> \polls\index.html (File does not exist) >> Using loader django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader: >> c:\python27\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\admin\templates\polls >> \index.html (File does not exist) >> >> >> >> >> What on earth am I doing wrong here? I've so many different variations >> of my settings.py, views.py, and index.html. Any help would be much >> appreciated. >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> SB >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/7pKyULz9dxYJ. 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.