TemplateDoesNotExist in project folder django 1.8

Question

I have structured my application Django (Django 1.8) as shown below. When I try template in app1 or app2 extends base.html in base.html of my application, I get this error.

TemplateDoesNotExist at /
base.html
Error during template rendering

In template /myProject/project_folder/app1/templates/app1/base.html, error at line 1
{% extends "base.html" %}

Here is structure of my project

/projekt_folder
    template
        base.html
    /app1
        /template
            base.html <-- {% extends "base.html" %}
    /app2
        /template
            base.html <-- {% extends "base.html" %}

Answer 1

You need to tell Django what is the additional location of your template folder (projekt_folder/template) which is not under installed apps, add following lines at top of your settings file:

import os

PACKAGE_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))

Then set DIRS in TEMPLATES setting var:

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