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Expand Up @@ -15,7 +15,15 @@ Create a `templates/mysite/base.html` file. You also need to create `templates`
└───mysite
base.html

Then open it up and copy everything from `post_list.html` to `base.html` file, like this:
Now have to tell Django that you're making a template file and it's right there in the templates directory! Open up the `mysite/settings.py` file and add the following lines at the bottom:

TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "templates"),
)

This way Django will know where to find your it.

Then open up the `base.html` file you just made and copy everything from `post_list.html` to it, like this:

{% load staticfiles %}
<html>
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