Path to template directory not working in settings.py

Question

Currently created a templates folder inside my project folder.

Then I added the admin folder and the file base_site.html to be able to change the Django admin title:

Home / Django / mysite / templates / admin / base_site.html

However, it doesn't change. My settings.py file below:

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')],
        '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',
            ],
        },
    },
]

Of Avinash Raj's request:

urls.py:

from django.conf.urls import include, url
from django.contrib import admin

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
]

views.py:

from django.shortcuts import render

try `'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates/admin')]` – Avinash Raj Oct 04 '15 at 16:07 — Avinash Raj, Oct 04 '15 at 16:07
@AvinashRaj: Thanks. But it didn't work. – Qao Oct 04 '15 at 16:13 — Qao, Oct 04 '15 at 16:13
post the contents of `urls.py`, `views.py` – Avinash Raj Oct 04 '15 at 16:16 — Avinash Raj, Oct 04 '15 at 16:16
@AvinashRaj: Updated the question. – Qao Oct 04 '15 at 16:23 — Qao, Oct 04 '15 at 16:23

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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Since Django 1.7 you do not need to rewrite any templates to change admin title or header but just set site_header, site_title, and index_title in admin.py & then hook them in urls.py. Look here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/24983231/5253807

edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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answered Oct 04 '15 at 17:38

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