title: TemplateDoesNotExist at /polls/
body: <p>I have been trying out the Django tutorial<a href="https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/intro/tutorial03/" rel="noreferrer">Django Tutorial Page 3</a> and encountered this error </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>"TemplateDoesNotExist at /polls/ " .</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I assume the problem is with my code pointing the templates file index.html. This is my file structure for <code>index.html</code>:  <code>mysite/polls/templates/polls</code>. 
  I am copying my <code>settings.py</code> and <code>views.py</code> here.</p>
  
  <h1>settings.py</h1>
  
  <pre><code>TEMPLATE_DIRS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')]
  </code></pre>
  
  <h1>views. Py</h1>
  
  <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>Can someone look into it and help me to solve this error. Any help would be appreciated. 
  This is the traceback `Environment:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Request Method: GET
  Request URL: http://localhost: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:\Python34\mysite\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>Please let me know if i missed out anything that would give a more clear picture. Thanks in advance.</p>
  
  <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>