title: Django 1.10: base_site.html override not working
body: <p>I am creating a site in Django with a custom view, and want to link to that view on the admin page. But even though I've followed the directions to override <code>base_site.html</code> in the <a href="https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/intro/tutorial07/#customizing-your-project-s-templates" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Django tutorial</a>, nothing changes. No matter if input the simplest change:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{% extends "admin/base.html" %}
  
  {% block title %}{{ title }} | {{ site_title|default:_('Django site admin')    }}{% endblock %}
  
   {% block branding %}
   &lt;h1 id="site-name"&gt;&lt;a href="{% url 'admin:index' %}"&gt;Test&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
   {% endblock %}
  
   {% block nav-global %}{% endblock %}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Or even something very drastic, where I don't extend the <code>base.html</code> at all:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;h1&gt;Test&lt;/h1&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My directories are exactly as they should be, with the new <code>base_site.html</code> inside them:</p>
  
  <pre><code>└─myproject
      └── myproject
          └── templates
              └── admin
                  └── base_site.html
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is my current <code>settings.py</code>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>import os
  
  # Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
  BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
  
  
  # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
  # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/howto/deployment/checklist/
  
  # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
  SECRET_KEY = &lt;mysecretkey&gt;
  
  # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
  DEBUG = True
  
  ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
  
  
  # Application definition
  
  INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'django.contrib.admin',
     'django.contrib.auth',
     'django.contrib.contenttypes',
     'django.contrib.sessions',
     'django.contrib.messages',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
     'easy_thumbnails',
     'filer',
     'mptt',
     'myapp',
  ]
  
  MIDDLEWARE = [
      'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
   ]
  
  ROOT_URLCONF = 'myproject.urls'
  
  TEMPLATES = [
     {
         'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
         'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')],
         'APP_DIRS': True,
         'OPTIONS': {
             'context_processors': [
                  'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                 'django.template.context_processors.request',
                 'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                 'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
             ],
         },
     },
  ]
  
  WSGI_APPLICATION = 'myproject.wsgi.application'
  
  
  # Database
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/ref/settings/#databases
  
  DATABASES = {
      'default': {
          'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
          'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
      }
  }
  
  
  # Password validation
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
  
  AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
      {
          'NAME':    'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
      },
      {
          'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
      },
      {
          'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
      },
      {
          'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
      },
  ]
  
  
  # Internationalization
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/topics/i18n/
  
  LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
  
  TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
  
  USE_I18N = True
  
  USE_L10N = True
  
  USE_TZ = True
  
  
  # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/howto/static-files/
  
  STATIC_URL = '/static/'
  
  # Thumbnail settings for retina displays
  THUMBNAIL_HIGH_RESOLUTION = True
  
  # Thumbnail processing
  
  THUMBNAIL_PROCESSORS = (
      'easy_thumbnails.processors.colorspace',
      'easy_thumbnails.processors.autocrop',
      #'easy_thumbnails.processors.scale_and_crop',
      'filer.thumbnail_processors.scale_and_crop_with_subject_location',
      'easy_thumbnails.processors.filters',
   ) 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've restarted the server, as well as used different browsers, and none of my changes show up.</p>
  
  <p>Am I doing something wrong anywhere, or are the instructions given by the tutorial just plain incorrect?</p>