[Answer]-URLs being produced correctly but not directing to correct template

The Django URL resolver will return the first URL pattern that matches the incoming request. The regex for your ‘main’ view r"$" will match ANY incoming request since you are only looking for $ which is an end of string character.

You need to alter your ‘main’ URL regex to be r'^$'.

Alternatively, if you would like a catch-all view, you could move the ‘main’ view to the bottom of your URLs