Why does Django use its own template to change the password?

Question

Django

I am using django-registration. I downloaded the templates from github and unpacked them into the registration folder. When I try to change the password, that is, I go to the link

<a href="{% url 'auth_password_change' %}">Password change</a><br>

then Django starts using its own template, and I need to use my own template, i.e. password_change_form.html
What should I do?
PS: Moved the templates folder to the root of the project and in settings.py 'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')], now Django uses my template for changing the password and resetting the password. Not sure if this is correct, but it works.

Answer 1

Yes, you did everything right. Here is a typical reconciliation configuration:

TEMPLATES = [{
    'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
    'DIRS': [
        # insert your TEMPLATE_DIRS here
        os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')
    ],
    # 'APP_DIRS': True,
    'OPTIONS': {
        'context_processors': [
            "django.template.context_processors.i18n",
            "django.template.context_processors.request",
            "django.template.context_processors.csrf",
            "django.template.context_processors.media",
            "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
            "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
        ],
        'loaders': [
            # insert your TEMPLATE_LOADERS here
            'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
            'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
            # 'django.template.loaders.eggs.Loader',
        ],
    },
}]