title: Django can't find template
body: <p>I know many people have asked, this question, but despite hardcoding the path to my template directory I can't seem to get Django to find my template.</p>
  
  <p>Here is settings.py</p>
  
  <pre><code>TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
  'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
  'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
  #django.template.loaders.eggs.Loader',
  )
  
  TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
      "/Users/full/path/to/marketing_site/templates",
  )
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is the views.py file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>def static (request, feature_page):
  
  # this will get the appropriate feature page template.
  template = loader.get_template('features/pricing.html')
  c = RequestContext(request,{
  })
  return HttpResponse(template.render(c))
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Inside the main folder is the templates folder and the app folder.  I use to put the apps in the same folder as settings.py but it appears django 1.4 has changed the default file structure.</p>
  
  <p>My error is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>TemplateDoesNotExist at /features/pricing 
  
  Django tried loading these templates, in this order:
  Using loader django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader:
  Using loader django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader:
  /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/templates/feature_pricing.html (File does not exist)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Update:<br>
  My logs for the webpage list the TEMPLATE_DIRS as ().  </p>
  
  <p>If I put a print statement on the settings.py page for the TEMPLATE_DIRS I get a printout of the TEMPLATE_DIRS appropriately... so somehow the TEMPLATE_DIRS isn't being used (from what it looks like)</p>