title: Django - render HTML template straight from urls.py
body: <p>I have a <code>Django</code> app (I'm fairly new so I'm doing my best to learn the ins and outs), where I would like to have a url endpoint simply redirect to a static html file in another folder (app).</p>
  
  <p>My project file hierarchy looks like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>docs/
   - html/
      - index.html
  myapp/
   - urls.py
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My <code>urls.py</code> looks like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
  from django.views.generic import RedirectView
  
  urlpatterns = patterns('',
      url(r'^docs/$', RedirectView.as_view(url='/docs/html/index.html')),
  )
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, when I navigate to <code>http://localhost:8000/docs</code> I see the browser redirect to <code>http://localhost:8000/docs/html/index.html</code>, but the page is not accessible.</p>
  
  <p>Is there any reason that the <code>/docs/html/index.html</code> would not be avalable to the <code>myApp</code> application in a redirect like this?</p>
  
  <p>An pointers would be greatly appreciated.</p>