title: TemplateDoesNotExist at/
body: <p>here is my site url <a href="http://webtrick.heliohost.org/" rel="noreferrer">http://webtrick.heliohost.org/</a>
  my template directory settings:</p>
  
  <pre><code>TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
      os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__) , 'templates').replace('\\','/')
  )
  </code></pre>
  
  <h3>view.py</h3>
  
  <pre><code>from django.http import HttpResponse
  from django.template import Template , Context
  from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
  def index(request):
          return render_to_response('index.html')
  </code></pre>
  
  <h3>url.py</h3>
  
  <pre><code>from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, include, url
  from webtrickster.views import index
  urlpatterns = patterns('',
      url(r'^$', index)
  )
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>i don't know what's wrong with this code 
  any help appreciated</p>