Specify a folder for the 404.html, 505.html files

[anonymous]

I think it would be a good idea if we had a setting in the setting.py file so we can change the location of the error pages. I know we could do this with handler404 but i think a setting would be better.

[Aymeric Augustin]

Why do you need this setting? You didn't explain it; "I would have done things differently" isn't sufficient.

I'm not fond of this idea introducing a new setting, unless it's the best solution to a real problem.

I can imagine one use case for such a setting: when one code base is shared by several sites that run with different settings, and each site has his own error pages. But this will only happen in large or complex code bases, where the overhead of redefining handler404 is negligible. You can even define a handler that uses a custom setting to choose the error template. So, it's not a sufficiently good reason to introduce a new standard setting.

[anonymous]

One can add the intended path to TEMPLATE_DIRS if the default layout is frustrating.

[Julien Phalip]

I agree with aaugustin. The suggestion is appreciated but this is not a common-enough case to justify introducing a new setting, especially since there is already a pretty easy work-around in place.