Question

I’m trying to extend from a template, and I keep getting the same TemplateDoesNotExist error. All other pages, that don’t extend the base template work (they just have some dummy html)

I did a ls -l and the file exists and all the permissions are idential:

-rw-r--r-- 1 atrus users 1625 Mar 13 13:05 base.html
drwxr-xr-x 2 atrus users 4096 Mar 13 10:50 css
drwxr-xr-x 2 atrus users 4096 Mar 13 10:51 img
-rw-r--r-- 1 atrus users  136 Mar 13 13:14 index.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 atrus users  407 Mar 12 12:16 login.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 atrus users  662 Mar 12 03:21 register.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 atrus users   59 Mar 12 02:41 temp.html

So it’s not a permissions issue, and the file (base.html exists)

My view that I’m calling (index) is simply:

def index(request):
    return render_to_response('menu/index.html')

and my index.html is as follows:

{% extends 'base.html' %}

{% block title %}Home{% endblock title %}

{% block content %}
<p>here be content <p>
{% endblock content %}

with the error occurring at the very first line.

My TEMPLATE_DIRS of settings.py is:

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.
    '/home/atrus/Dropbox/workspace/menu/menu/templates'
)

Answer 1

It doesn’t look like you have a menu directory within you templates folder (assuming that’s where you did the ls). Have you tried just doing return render_to_response('index.html')

Also, as stated in my comment, is your TEMPLATE_DIRS the correct file path? I’m not sure if you accidentaly duplicated “menu”