[Django]-Can't get django urls to work

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You’re missing the empty string at the start of your patterns in lists urls.py.

Try this:

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    url(r'^$', views.index, name='index')
)

The blank string is a view prefix that you can use to assist with the DRY principal. It is used to prefix your views path.

For example, (extending your example above):

Rather than having:

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    url(r'^$', views.index, name='index'),
    url(r'^homepage$', views.homepage, name='index'),
    url(r'^lists$', views.lists, name='index'),
    url(r'^detail$', views.detail, name='index'),
)

You can use:

urlpatterns = patterns('views',
    url(r'^$', index, name='index'),
    url(r'^homepage$', homepage, name='index'),
    url(r'^lists$', lists, name='index'),
    url(r'^detail$', detail, name='index'),
)

To have multiple view prefixes just segment your urlpatterns.

urlpatterns = patterns('views',
    url(r'^$', index, name='index'),
    url(r'^homepage$', homepage, name='index'),
    url(r'^lists$', lists, name='index'),
    url(r'^detail$', detail, name='index'),
)

urlpatterns += patterns('more_views',
    url(r'^extra_page$', extra_page, name='index'),
    url(r'^more_stuff$', something_else, name='index'),
)
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