title: TemplateDoesNotExist at /polls/ - in Django Tutorial
body: <p>I have been trying out Django tutorial(documentation) and is stuck with this error for 2 days now. I will paste my views.py, settings.py and my directory structure below. 
  Views.Py</p>
  
  <pre><code>from django.shortcuts import render
  from django.http import HttpResponse
  from django.template import RequestContext, loader
  
  from polls.models import Poll
  
  # Create your views here.
  
  #def index(request):
      #return HttpResponse("Hello, world. You are at the poll index.")
  
  def index(request):
      latest_poll_list = Poll.objects.order_by('-pub_date')[:5]
      template = loader.get_template('polls/index.html')
      context = RequestContext(request, {
          'latest_poll_list': latest_poll_list,
      })
      return HttpResponse(template.render(context))
  
  def detail(request,poll_id):
      return HttpResponse("You're looking at the results of the poll %s." % poll_id)
  
  def results(request, poll_id):
      return HttpResponse("You're looking at the results of poll %s." % poll_id)
  
  def vote(request,poll_id):
      return HttpResponse("You're voting on poll %s." % poll_id)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Settings.Py</p>
  
  <pre><code>"""
  Django settings for mysite project.
  
  For more information on this file, see
  https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/topics/settings/
  
  For the full list of settings and their values, see
  https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/ref/settings/
  """
  
  # Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
  import os
  BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
  
  
  # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
  # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/howto/deployment/checklist/
  
  # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
  SECRET_KEY = 'ma_x5+pnvp$o7#5g#lb)0g$sa5ln%k(z#wcahwib4dngbbe9^='
  
  # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
  DEBUG = True
  
  TEMPLATE_DEBUG = True
  
  ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
  
  
  # Application definition
  
  INSTALLED_APPS = (
      'django.contrib.admin',
      'django.contrib.auth',
      'django.contrib.contenttypes',
      'django.contrib.sessions',
      'django.contrib.messages',
      'django.contrib.staticfiles',
      'polls',
  )
  
  MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
      'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
  )
  
  ROOT_URLCONF = 'mysite.urls'
  
  WSGI_APPLICATION = 'mysite.wsgi.application'
  
  
  # Database
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/ref/settings/#databases
  
  DATABASES = {
      'default': {
          'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
          'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'C://Python34/mysite/db.sqlite3'),
      }
  }
  
  # Internationalization
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/topics/i18n/
  
  LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
  
  TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
  
  USE_I18N = True
  
  USE_L10N = True
  
  USE_TZ = True
  
  TEMPLATE_DIRS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')]
  
  
  # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/howto/static-files/
  
  STATIC_URL = '/static/'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Urls.Py</p>
  
  <pre><code>from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
  from polls import views
  
  urlpatterns = patterns('',
      # ex: /polls/
      url(r'^$', views.index, name='index'),
      # ex: /polls/5/
      url(r'^(?P&lt;poll_id&gt;\d+)/$', views.detail, name='detail'),
      # ex: /polls/5/results/
      url(r'^(?P&lt;poll_id&gt;\d+)/results/$', views.results, name='results'),
      # ex: /polls/5/vote/
      url(r'^(?P&lt;poll_id&gt;\d+)/vote/$', views.vote, name='vote'),
  )
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is the Error Traceback i get.</p>
  
  <pre><code>Environment:
  
  
  Request Method: GET
  Request URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/polls/
  
  Django Version: 1.6.4
  Python Version: 3.4.0
  Installed Applications:
  ('django.contrib.admin',
   'django.contrib.auth',
   'django.contrib.contenttypes',
   'django.contrib.sessions',
   'django.contrib.messages',
   'django.contrib.staticfiles',
   'polls')
  Installed Middleware:
  ('django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
   'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
   'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
   'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
   'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
   'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware')
  
  Template Loader Error:
  Django tried loading these templates, in this order:
  Using loader django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader:
  C:\templates\polls\index.html (File does not exist)
  Using loader django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader:
  C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\admin\templates\polls\index.html (File does not exist)
  C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\auth\templates\polls\index.html (File does not exist)
  C:\Python34\mysite\polls\templates\polls\index.html (File does not exist)
  
  
  
  Traceback:
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\base.py" in get_response
    114.                     response = wrapped_callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)
  File "C:\Python34\mysite\polls\views.py" in index
    14.     template = loader.get_template('polls/index.html')
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\django\template\loader.py" in get_template
    138.     template, origin = find_template(template_name)
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\django\template\loader.py" in find_template
    131.     raise TemplateDoesNotExist(name)
  
  Exception Type: TemplateDoesNotExist at /polls/
  Exception Value: polls/index.html
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I believe the problem is with pointing my index.html file which is inside /mysite/polls/templates/polls/index.html. 
  This is my file structure mysite/polls/templates/polls/index.html.</p>
  
  <p>It will be a great help if someone can solve this problem. Any help would be appreciated. thanks in advance!</p>