Sporadic TemplateDoesNotExist errors in django

I have a django (v1.1.1) on a server running Python 2.4. On my localhost/development computer the site works perfect. When I uploaded the files to the production server, it seemed to work fine, but after a page refresh I am receiving random TemplateDoesNotExist errors.

In the trace report I looked at the TEMPLATE_DIRS variable to make sure I was pointing to the right place, and it actually changes each time I refresh the page between this:

TEMPLATE_DIRS
('templates', '/var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/apps')

and this

TEMPLATE_DIRS
('templates', '/var/www/django-sites/apps/templates')

How is it possible that django/python is looking in two different locations when I refresh the page? After 3-4 attempts it suddenly works until I either refresh or go to the next page. The correct location is /var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/apps/templates which is definted in my settings.py file:

# Django settings for django-sites project.

DEBUG = False
TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG

ADMINS = (
    # ('Your Name', '[email protected]'),
)

MANAGERS = ADMINS

DATABASE_ENGINE = 'mysql'
DATABASE_NAME = 'mysite'
DATABASE_USER = 'mysuser'
DATABASE_PASSWORD = 'mypass'
DATABASE_HOST = 'www.mysite.com'            
DATABASE_PORT = ''  


# Local time zone for this installation. Choices can be found here:
# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name
# although not all choices may be available on all operating systems.
TIME_ZONE = 'America/Chicago'

# Language code for this installation. All choices can be found here:
# http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/language-identifiers.html
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'

# If you set this to False, Django will make some optimizations so as not
# to load the internationalization machinery.
USE_I18N = True

# Absolute path to the directory that holds media.
# Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/"
MEDIA_ROOT = ''

# URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use a
# trailing slash if there is a path component (optional in other cases).
# Examples: "http://media.lawrence.com", "http://example.com/media/"
MEDIA_URL = ''

# URL prefix for admin media -- CSS, JavaScript and images.
# Make sure to use a trailing slash.
ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = '/admin_media/'

# Make this unique, and don't share it with anybody.
SECRET_KEY = 'mysecretkey'

# List of callables that know how to import templates from various sources.
TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
    'django.template.loaders.filesystem.load_template_source',
    'django.template.loaders.app_directories.load_template_source',
#     'django.template.loaders.eggs.load_template_source',
)

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
)

ROOT_URLCONF = 'apps.urls'
URL_ROOT_LEAD_CAPTURE = '/lead-capture/'

TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
    'django.core.context_processors.request',
    'django.core.context_processors.auth',
)

PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))

TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
    os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'templates'),
    '/var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/apps/templates',
)

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.sites',
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.admindocs',
)

I appreciate the help!

ansaurus

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