使用Django将URL映射到网站根

Question

I currently have a Django app called "misc" where I have my sites index page, as well as some other pages (most of which contain static information). Right now my misc/views.py looks like this:

def index(request):     
    return render(request, 'misc/index.html', {})

def why(request):
    return render(request, 'misc/why.html', {}) 

and my urlpatterns in misc/urls.py looks like this:

url(r'^$', views.index, name='index'),
url(r'^why/$', views.why, name='why'),   

and my main urls.py looks like this:

url(r'^$', include('misc.urls')),

so when I go to http://127.0.0.1:8000/ I see my index page just fine, however when I go to http://127.0.0.1:8000/why/ I do not see my why.html page, just a "Page not found" error. Any idea on how I can resolve this? Thanks.

Answer 1

Your url pattern is matching an empty string:

url(r'^$', include('misc.urls')),

^ matches the beginning of a string, and $ matches the end, so only completely empty strings will work. As Dima points out in the comments, remove the $ and it will work.