Django tutorial customize admin template

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I'm working through the official Django tutorial. At the end of part two they have you customize the admin template just a bit (changing some heading text). I think I've done everything right, but apparently I haven't because the admin site looks exactly the same after running syncdb and restarting the server. My project directory (excluding the virtualenv part) looks like this: ``` mysite ├── manage.py ├── mysite │ ├── __init__.py │ ├── __init__.pyc │ ├── settings.py │ ├── settings.pyc │ ├── urls.py │ ├── urls.pyc │ ├── wsgi.py │ └── wsgi.pyc ├── polls │ ├── admin.py │ ├── admin.pyc │ ├── __init__.py │ ├── __init__.pyc │ ├── models.py │ ├── models.pyc │ ├── tests.py │ └── views.py └── templates └── admin └── base_site.html ``` In settings.py I have these lines added to make the project use the template in templates/admin: ``` import os PROJECT_PATH = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__)) ``` later: ``` TEMPLATE_DIRS = (os.path.join(PROJECT_PATH, 'templates'),) ``` I've tried se…

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First thing I would try is deleting your *.pyc files they often contain stale information which sometimes can cause issues likes this.

If that isn't the case I would then double check your `PROJECT_PATH` which I believe is the issue here.

`dirname` gets you the containing directory. so if that line is in the settings.py it will return `/path/to/inner/mysite` the one inside the main mysite and since there is not `templates` directory in your inner `mysite` it wont work.

what you need to do is this.

```
PROJECT_PATH = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))) 
```

Which will return you the outer `mysite` path when combined with templates it will return you the correct path.

Everything should then work.

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