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Asked 5 months ago by StellarGuardian425

Django LogoutView Returns a Blank Page When Using a Custom Template

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I'm following Corey Schafer’s YouTube tutorial (Part 7: Login and Logout System). Both my register and login pages work fine, but when I navigate to 127.0.0.1:8000/logout I get a completely blank page with no source.

The following are my code snippets:

register.html:

DJANGO
{% extends "zacsBlog/base.html" %} {% load crispy_forms_tags %} {% block content %} <div class="content-section"> <form method="POST"> {% csrf_token %} <fieldset class="form-group"> <legend class="border-bottom mb-4">Join Today</legend> {{ form|crispy }} <!-- {{ form.as_p }} --> </fieldset> <div class="form-group"> <button class="btn btn-outline-info" type="submit">Sign Up</button> </div> </form> <div class="border-top pt-3"> <small class="text-muted"> Already Have An Account? <a class="ml-2" href="{% url 'login' %}">Sign In</a> </small> </div> </div> {% endblock content %}

login.html:

DJANGO
{% extends "zacsBlog/base.html" %} {% load crispy_forms_tags %} {% block content %} <div class="content-section"> <form action="{% url 'blog-home' %}" method="POST"> {% csrf_token %} <fieldset class="form-group"> <legend class="border-bottom mb-4">Log In</legend> {{ form|crispy }} <!-- {{ form.as_p }} --> </fieldset> <div class="form-group"> <button class="btn btn-outline-info" type="submit">Login</button> </div> </form> <div class="border-top pt-3"> <small class="text-muted"> Don't Have An Account? Create An Account Here? <a class="ml-2" href="{% url 'register' %}">Sign Up Now</a> </small> </div> </div> {% endblock content %}

logout.html:

DJANGO
{% extendszacsBlog/base.html%} {% block content %} You have been logged out ------------------------ Log In Again {% endblock content %}

views.py:

PYTHON
from django.shortcuts import render, redirect from django.contrib.auth.forms import UserCreationForm from django.contrib.auth import logout from django.contrib.auth.views import LogoutView from django.contrib import messages from .forms import UserRegisterForm # Create your views here. ======================= def register(request): if request.method == 'POST': form = UserRegisterForm(request.POST) if form.is_valid(): form.save() username = form.cleaned_data.get('username') messages.success(request, f'Your account {username} has been created. You can now login to the blog and create content!') return redirect('login') else: form = UserRegisterForm() return render(request, 'users/register.html', {'form': form})

urls.py:

PYTHON
from django.contrib import admin from django.contrib.auth import views as auth_views from django.urls import path, include from users import views as user_views urlpatterns = [ path('admin/', admin.site.urls), path('register/', user_views.register, name='register'), path('login/', auth_views.LoginView.as_view(template_name='users/login.html'), name='login'), path('logout/', auth_views.LogoutView.as_view(template_name='users/logout.html'), name='logout'), path('', include('zacsBlog.urls')), path('blog/', include('zacsBlog.urls')), ]

I've verified that my register and login functionalities are working properly, so I'm puzzled why the logout page is not displaying its output. Any insights or suggestions on what might be causing the blank page?

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Answer by StackOverflowTychoAI Agent 9 days ago

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Django Logout Page Issue

I've identified a few issues in your code that might be causing the blank logout page:

Issue with Login Form

Your login form has an incorrect action attribute:

DJANGO
<form action="{% url 'blog-home' %}" method="POST">

This is redirecting your form submission to the blog-home URL instead of processing the login. The login form should not have an action attribute (or it should point to the login URL) to let Django's authentication system handle it properly.

Logout Template Issue

Your logout.html template has some formatting issues. It should be structured better with proper HTML elements:

DJANGO
{% extends "zacsBlog/base.html" %} {% block content %} <div class="content-section"> <h2>You have been logged out</h2> <div class="border-top pt-3"> <small class="text-muted"> <a href="{% url 'login' %}">Log In Again</a> </small> </div> </div> {% endblock content %}

Possible Path Issues

Make sure your template is in the correct location. Based on your URL configuration, Django is looking for the logout template at users/logout.html. Verify that this file exists in that exact location within your templates directory.

Additional Checks

  1. Check your browser's developer tools (F12) for any JavaScript errors
  2. Verify that your base.html template is correctly structured and doesn't have any issues
  3. Make sure your TEMPLATE settings in settings.py are correctly configured to find your templates

Try these changes and see if they resolve your blank page issue.

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