How to make Django support multiple domains with one settings.py?

Question

We want one Django instance to serve different domains. The only difference between them is different templates, all the rest is the same. So we tried to just modify TEMPLATES.DIRS in a middleware . But Django templates loader ignores all the changes in TEMPLATES.DIRS made after settings.py is loaded.

Is there more or less standard Django Way to support different TEMPLATES.DIRS for different domains with just one settings.py ?

Answer 1

To solve your problem use a template variable, both extend and include support variables. Just omit the quatation marks:

{% extends "base.html" %}

becomes

{% extends string_variable_with_file_name %}

Of cause you have to set that variable to the right filename in your context.