use templating

web_dev/sas_web/sas_web/settings.py

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
 # Application definition
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = (
+    'startpage',
     'django.contrib.admin',
     'django.contrib.auth',
     'django.contrib.contenttypes',
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ ROOT_URLCONF = 'sas_web.urls'
 TEMPLATES = [
     {
         'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
-        'DIRS': [],
+        'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')],
         'APP_DIRS': True,
         'OPTIONS': {
             'context_processors': [
@@ -104,3 +105,6 @@ USE_TZ = True
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/howto/static-files/
 
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
+STATICFILES_DIRS = [
+    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static")
+]