I was misunderstanding where the app_directories loader looks for files. It makes sense now.
Thanks, Steve On Sep 30, 3:58 pm, AndrewK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You need to place your tag templates into the subdirectory called > "templates" of your application directory. > In that case > django.template.loaders.app_directories.load_template_source would be > able to found your custom tag template. And you don't need to add this > directory's path to TEMPLATE_DIRS variable. > > On Sep 30, 1:17 pm, Steve Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I created a custom inclusion tag that makes use of a template file > > named menu_tag.html. I placed that file in the app's subdirectory of > > the template directory. > > > When I tried to make use of it I got a template does not exist > > error. > > > I was able to resolve this by adding the app's subdirectory to the > > TEMPLATE_DIRS path. > > > However, it was my understanding that as long as > > django.template.loaders.app_directories.load_template_source was > > included in the TEMPLATE_LOADERS (which it is), Django would > > automatically look in the subdirectories of the installed apps. This > > functionality seems to be working for other template files, just not > > the ones from my custom tag. > > > Is it possible that this is because I placed the custom tag in the > > base.html that was in the root template directory rather that used in > > one of the app's template files? > > > Any clarification would be great. > > > Thanks, > > > Steve --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
