python - auth views not rendering templates in django -

this entire urls.py file have designed custom templates reset password functionality

from django.conf.urls import include, url django.contrib import admin django.conf import settings urlpatterns = [     url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),     url(r'^articles/', include('article.urls')),     url(r'^', include('django.contrib.auth.urls')),     url(r'^password_reset/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset',{'template_name': 'reset_password.html'}),     url(r'^password_reset/done/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset_done',{'template_name': 'password_reset_done.html'}),     url(r'^reset/(?p<uidb64>[0-9a-za-z_\-]+)/(?p<token>[0-9a-za-z]{1,13}-[0-9a-za-z]{1,20})/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset',{'template_name': 'password_confirm.html'}),     url(r'^reset/done/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset_complete',{'template_name': 'password_reset_complete.html'}),      #      url(r'^', include('article.urls')),       # user auth urls     url(r'^home/$', 'defcon.views.home'),     url(r'^accounts/login/$', 'defcon.views.login'),     url(r'^accounts/auth/$', 'defcon.views.auth_view'),     url(r'^accounts/logout/$', 'defcon.views.logout'),     url(r'^accounts/loggedin/$', 'defcon.views.loggedin'),     url(r'^accounts/invalid/$', 'defcon.views.invalid_login'),     # user registration urls     url(r'^accounts/register/$', 'defcon.views.register_user'),     url(r'^accounts/register_success/$', 'defcon.views.register_success'),     url(r'^accounts/register_auth/$', 'defcon.views.register_auth'),      #serve media files     url(r'^media/(?p<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', {             'document_root': settings.media_root,         }), ] 

i looked @ django documentation @ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/topics/auth/default/ , there tried add custom templates this

url(         '^password_reset/',         'django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset',         {'template_name': 'change-password.html'}     ) 

i'm getting deafult django ui have custom template not showing up

{% extends "user_forms.html" %}  {% block main %} <span class="fa fa-user bigicon"></span> <h2>enter details</h2> <form action = "" method = "post">{% csrf_token %} <small>{{form.email.errors}}</small>      <p>{{form.email}}</p>    <button class="btn btn-default" type="submit" name="submit" />reset password</button> </form> <script type="text/javascript">     function load(){         document.getelementbyid("id_email").placeholder = "enter email";     } </script> {% endblock %} 

in spite of adding custom templates templates not getting rendered. default django reset forms visible.

you checking django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset related view, should create view in views.py in order have custom password reset form.

so in views.py of app create class like

@login_required def change_password(request):     try:         if request.post:             form = change_password_form(request.post)             user = request.user.username             old_password = request.post['old_password']             new_password1 = request.post['new_password1']             new_password2 = request.post['new_password2']             if form.is_valid():             if new_password1 == new_password2 , old_password != new_password1:                 u = user.objects.get(username=user)                 u.set_password(new_password1)                 u.save()                 return render(request, '../templates/password_change_done.html')             else:                 form = change_password_form()                 return render(request, '../templates/password_change_form.html', {'form':form})          else:              form = change_password_form()              return render(request, '../templates/password_change_form.html', {'form':form})     except:            return render(request, '../templates/password_change_form.html', {'form':form})  class change_password_form(forms.form):      old_password = forms.charfield(widget=forms.passwordinput(attrs={'placeholder': 'old password'}), required=true)      new_password1= forms.charfield(widget=forms.passwordinput(attrs={'placeholder': 'new password'}), required=true)      new_password2= forms.charfield(widget=forms.passwordinput(attrs={'placeholder': 'confirm new password'}), required=true)      action = forms.charfield(label="action", required=true)       def clean(self):          cleaned_data = super(change_password_form, self).clean()          old_password = self.cleaned_data.get('old_password')          new_password1 = self.cleaned_data.get('new_password1')          new_password2 = self.cleaned_data.get('new_password2')          action = self.cleaned_data.get('action')          return self.cleaned_data 

add following url pattern in urls.py

url(r'^/change-password/$', 'appname.views.change_password', name="change-password"),