Templates Work on Localhost but Not Production / Live Server

Question

I have a setup to recognize the static files and template files at the top level (above the apps folders) like so:

import os

BASE_DIR = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__))

...

STATIC_URL = '/static/'

STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static"),
)
TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
    BASE_DIR + '/templates/',
)

It works fine in the local environment, but online I get this:

TemplateDoesNotExist at /

home.html

What could be causing this inconsistency?

Answer 1

Try this...

BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))

If it doesn't work, declare your template path in a variable like

template_path = /path/to/template

TEMPLATE_PATH_DIRS = (
template_path + '/templates',
)

TEMPLATE_DIRS = TEMPLATE_PATH_DIRS

It will work, try it.