Django: Can't find template files. / App works without template files?
Question: Yesterday I tried to edit a template in my django app and noticed that the
template-file isn't even used (anymore). Even if I delete it the app will
continue to work and changes I make in the file wont appear online. I couldn't
find any other template file on my server, so could it be that Django imported
it somehow or copied/saved it somewhere else?

The app is hosted on a shared host, with Python2.7, Django 1.4.5 and FCGI.

My settings.py looks like this:

    
    
    # Hosts/domain names that are valid for this site; required if DEBUG is False
    # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/ref/settings/#allowed-hosts
    ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']
    
    #FORCE_SCRIPT_NAME = '/polls'
    
    # Local time zone for this installation. Choices can be found here:
    # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name
    # although not all choices may be available on all operating systems.
    # In a Windows environment this must be set to your system time zone.
    TIME_ZONE = 'Europe/Berlin'
    
    # Language code for this installation. All choices can be found here:
    # http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/language-identifiers.html
    LANGUAGE_CODE = 'de-de'
    
    SITE_ID = 1
    
    # If you set this to False, Django will make some optimizations so as not
    # to load the internationalization machinery.
    USE_I18N = True
    
    # If you set this to False, Django will not format dates, numbers and
    # calendars according to the current locale.
    USE_L10N = True
    
    # If you set this to False, Django will not use timezone-aware datetimes.
    USE_TZ = True
    
    # Absolute filesystem path to the directory that will hold user-uploaded files.
    # Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/media/"
    MEDIA_ROOT = ''
    
    # URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use a
    # trailing slash.
    # Examples: "http://media.lawrence.com/media/", "http://example.com/media/"
    MEDIA_URL = ''
    
    # Absolute path to the directory static files should be collected to.
    # Don't put anything in this directory yourself; store your static files
    # in apps' "static/" subdirectories and in STATICFILES_DIRS.
    # Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/static/"
    STATIC_ROOT = 'http://ulli.cepheus.uberspace.de/static/'
    
    # URL prefix for static files.
    # Example: "http://media.lawrence.com/static/"
    STATIC_URL = 'http://ulli.cepheus.uberspace.de/static/'
    
    # Additional locations of static files
    STATICFILES_DIRS = (
        "/var/www/virtual/ulli/html/static",
        # Put strings here, like "/home/html/static" or "C:/www/django/static".
        # Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
        # Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
    )
    
    # List of finder classes that know how to find static files in
    # various locations.
    STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
        'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
        'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
    #    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.DefaultStorageFinder',
    )
    
    # List of callables that know how to import templates from various sources.
    TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
        'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
        'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
    #     'django.template.loaders.eggs.Loader',
    )
    
    MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
        'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
        'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
        'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
        'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
        'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
        # Uncomment the next line for simple clickjacking protection:
        # 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
    )
    
    ROOT_URLCONF = 'mysite.urls'
    
    # Python dotted path to the WSGI application used by Django's runserver.
    WSGI_APPLICATION = 'mysite.wsgi.application'
    
    TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
        # Put strings here, like "/home/html/django_templates" or "C:/www/django/templates".
        # Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
        # Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
        "/template",
        "/template/polls",
        "/var/www/virtual/ulli/html/template/polls",
        "http://ulli.cepheus.uberspace.de/template",
    )
    
    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        'django.contrib.auth',
        'django.contrib.contenttypes',
        'django.contrib.sessions',
        'django.contrib.sites',
        'django.contrib.messages',
        'django.contrib.staticfiles',
        # Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
        'django.contrib.admin',
        # Uncomment the next line to enable admin documentation:
        # 'django.contrib.admindocs',
        'polls',
    )
    
    # A sample logging configuration. The only tangible logging
    # performed by this configuration is to send an email to
    # the site admins on every HTTP 500 error when DEBUG=False.
    # See http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/logging for
    # more details on how to customize your logging configuration.
    LOGGING = {
        'version': 1,
        'disable_existing_loggers': False,
        'filters': {
            'require_debug_false': {
                '()': 'django.utils.log.RequireDebugFalse'
            }
        },
        'handlers': {
            'mail_admins': {
                'level': 'ERROR',
                'filters': ['require_debug_false'],
                'class': 'django.utils.log.AdminEmailHandler'
            }
        },
        'loggers': {
            'django.request': {
                'handlers': ['mail_admins'],
                'level': 'ERROR',
                'propagate': True,
            },
        }
    }
    

Thank you for your help! :)


Answer: Just a guess, but the template [might be
cached](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/templates/api/#django.template.loaders.cached.Loader).

Although, I don't see this cached loader in your settings. Might worth trying
a restart anyway?

