title: Django admin-site is broken - Caught UnicodeDecodeError while rendering: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xd0 in position 0
body: <p>I was developing my own django-app and after testing at domain domain. example .ru moved all to example .ru by editing nginx.conf
  All worked fine, but now, this error appears:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Caught UnicodeDecodeError while rendering: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xd0 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And as result - my django adminsite is broken.</p>
  
  <p>What could i try to fix this issue?</p>
  
  <p>Django output is here:</p>
  
  <p><code></p>
  
  <pre><code>Environment:
  
  
  Request Method: GET
  Request URL: http://allvbg.ru/admin/
  
  Django Version: 1.3.1
  Python Version: 2.5.2
  Installed Applications:
  ['admin_tools',
   'admin_tools.theming',
   'admin_tools.menu',
   'admin_tools.dashboard',
   'django.contrib.auth',
   'django.contrib.contenttypes',
   'django.contrib.sessions',
   'django.contrib.messages',
   'django.contrib.staticfiles',
   'django.contrib.admin',
   'tinymce',
   'filebrowser',
   'django.contrib.admindocs',
   'easy_thumbnails',
   'mptt',
   'testsite.allvbg',
   'feincms',
   'debug_toolbar',
   'djangoratings',
   'modeltranslation',
   'south']
  Installed Middleware:
  ('django.middleware.cache.CacheMiddleware',
   'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
   'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
   'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
   'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
   'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
   'debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware',
   'django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware')
  
  
  Template error:
  In template /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/admin_tools/theming/templates/admin/base.html, error at line 33
     Caught UnicodeDecodeError while rendering: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xd0 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)
     23 :     &lt;!-- Header --&gt;
  
  
     24 :     &lt;div id="header"&gt;
  
  
     25 :         &lt;div id="branding"&gt;
  
  
     26 :         {% block branding %}{% endblock %}
  
  
     27 :         &lt;/div&gt;
  
  
     28 :         {% if user.is_active and user.is_staff %}
  
  
     29 :         &lt;div id="user-tools"&gt;
  
  
     30 :             {% trans 'Welcome,' %}
  
  
     31 :             &lt;strong&gt;{% filter force_escape %}{% firstof user.first_name user.username %}{% endfilter %}&lt;/strong&gt;.
  
  
     32 :             {% block userlinks %}
  
  
     33 :                  {% url django-admindocs-docroot as docsroot %} 
  
  
     34 :                 {% if docsroot %}
  
  
     35 :                     &lt;a href="{{ docsroot }}"&gt;{% trans 'Documentation' %}&lt;/a&gt; /
  
  
     36 :                 {% endif %}
  
  
     37 :                 {% url admin:password_change as password_change_url %}
  
  
     38 :                 {% if password_change_url %}
  
  
     39 :                     &lt;a href="{{ password_change_url }}"&gt;
  
  
     40 :                 {% else %}
  
  
     41 :                     &lt;a href="{{ root_path }}password_change/"&gt;
  
  
     42 :                 {% endif %}
  
  
     43 :                 {% trans 'Change password' %}&lt;/a&gt; /
  
  
  Traceback:
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/core/handlers/base.py" in get_response
    111.                         response = callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/contrib/admin/sites.py" in wrapper
    214.                 return self.admin_view(view, cacheable)(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/utils/decorators.py" in _wrapped_view
    93.                     response = view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/views/decorators/cache.py" in _wrapped_view_func
    79.         response = view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/contrib/admin/sites.py" in inner
    197.             return view(request, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/views/decorators/cache.py" in _wrapped_view_func
    79.         response = view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/contrib/admin/sites.py" in index
    382.             context_instance=context_instance
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/shortcuts/__init__.py" in render_to_response
    20.     return HttpResponse(loader.render_to_string(*args, **kwargs), **httpresponse_kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/template/loader.py" in render_to_string
    188.         return t.render(context_instance)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/template/base.py" in render
    123.             return self._render(context)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/test/utils.py" in instrumented_test_render
    60.     return self.nodelist.render(context)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/template/base.py" in render
    744.                 bits.append(self.render_node(node, context))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/template/debug.py" in render_node
    73.             result = node.render(context)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/template/loader_tags.py" in render
    127.         return compiled_parent._render(context)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/test/utils.py" in instrumented_test_render
    60.     return self.nodelist.render(context)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/template/base.py" in render
    744.                 bits.append(self.render_node(node, context))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/template/debug.py" in render_node
    73.             result = node.render(context)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/template/loader_tags.py" in render
    127.         return compiled_parent._render(context)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/test/utils.py" in instrumented_test_render
    60.     return self.nodelist.render(context)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/template/base.py" in render
    744.                 bits.append(self.render_node(node, context))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/template/debug.py" in render_node
    73.             result = node.render(context)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/template/defaulttags.py" in render
    311.             return self.nodelist_true.render(context)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/template/base.py" in render
    744.                 bits.append(self.render_node(node, context))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/template/debug.py" in render_node
    73.             result = node.render(context)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/template/defaulttags.py" in render
    311.             return self.nodelist_true.render(context)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/template/base.py" in render
    744.                 bits.append(self.render_node(node, context))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/template/debug.py" in render_node
    73.             result = node.render(context)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/template/loader_tags.py" in render
    64.             result = block.nodelist.render(context)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/template/base.py" in render
    744.                 bits.append(self.render_node(node, context))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/template/debug.py" in render_node
    73.             result = node.render(context)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/template/defaulttags.py" in render
    437.             url = reverse(view_name, args=args, kwargs=kwargs, current_app=context.current_app)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/core/urlresolvers.py" in reverse
    391.             *args, **kwargs)))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/core/urlresolvers.py" in reverse
    312.         possibilities = self.reverse_dict.getlist(lookup_view)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/core/urlresolvers.py" in _get_reverse_dict
    229.             self._populate()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/core/urlresolvers.py" in _populate
    208.                     for name in pattern.reverse_dict:
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/core/urlresolvers.py" in _get_reverse_dict
    229.             self._populate()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/core/urlresolvers.py" in _populate
    219.                 bits = normalize(p_pattern)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/utils/regex_helper.py" in normalize
    185.     return zip(*flatten_result(result))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/utils/regex_helper.py" in flatten_result
    324.         piece = u''.join(source[last:])
  
  Exception Type: TemplateSyntaxError at /admin/
  Exception Value: Caught UnicodeDecodeError while rendering: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xd0 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p></code></p>
  
  <p>Also whe i try to execute</p>
  
  <pre><code>./manage.py test
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The command-line output is</p>
  
  <pre><code>/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/djangoratings/fields.py:316: DeprecationWarning: A Field class whose get_db_prep_save method hasn't been updated to take a `connection` argument.
    class RatingField(IntegerField):
  /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/djangoratings/fields.py:316: DeprecationWarning: A Field class whose get_db_prep_lookup method hasn't been updated to take `connection` and `prepared` arguments.
    class RatingField(IntegerField):
  /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mptt/models.py:305: DeprecationWarning: Implicit manager Firm.tree will be removed in django-mptt 0.6.  Explicitly define a TreeManager() on your model to remove this warning.
    DeprecationWarning
  /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mptt/admin.py:180: DeprecationWarning: Accessing the item and tree editor through `feincms.admin.editor` has been deprecated. Please use `feincms.admin.item_editor` and `feincms.admin.tree_editor` instead.
    from feincms.admin import editor
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "./manage.py", line 14, in &lt;module&gt;
      execute_manager(settings)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 438, in execute_manager
      utility.execute()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 379, in execute
      self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/core/management/base.py", line 191, in run_from_argv
      self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/core/management/base.py", line 220, in execute
      output = self.handle(*args, **options)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/core/management/commands/test.py", line 37, in handle
      failures = test_runner.run_tests(test_labels)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/test/simple.py", line 358, in run_tests
      suite = self.build_suite(test_labels, extra_tests)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/test/simple.py", line 251, in build_suite
      suite.addTest(build_suite(app))
    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/test/simple.py", line 77, in build_suite
      test_module = get_tests(app_module)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/test/simple.py", line 35, in get_tests
      test_module = __import__('.'.join(app_path + [TEST_MODULE]), {}, {}, TEST_MODULE)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django_filebrowser-3.4.0-py2.5.egg/filebrowser/tests/__init__.py", line 3, in &lt;module&gt;
      from filebrowser.tests.sites import *
    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django_filebrowser-3.4.0-py2.5.egg/filebrowser/tests/sites.py", line 239, in &lt;module&gt;
      all_sites = get_resolver(get_urlconf()).app_dict[APP_NAME]
    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/core/urlresolvers.py", line 241, in _get_app_dict
      self._populate()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/core/urlresolvers.py", line 219, in _populate
      bits = normalize(p_pattern)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/utils/regex_helper.py", line 185, in normalize
      return zip(*flatten_result(result))
    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.3.1-py2.5.egg/django/utils/regex_helper.py", line 324, in flatten_result
      piece = u''.join(source[last:])
  UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xd0 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)
  </code></pre>