Django 404 pages not appearing?

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Published on 2010-04-06T12:10:06Z Indexed on 2010/04/06 12:13 UTC
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I want to add a 404 page on my Django site.

I've created a template, 404.html, and saved it in the root of my /templates directory. I've also made sure that the

from django.conf.urls.defaults import *

line is included at the top of urls.py. I've set DEBUG to False. (I've been following these instructions.)

However, if I try to go to a page that I know doesn't exist - whether a made-up URL or a view specifically designed to do get_object_or_404 - the 404 page doesn't appear: I just get Chrome's standard 'Oops! This link appears to be broken' page.

Oddly, I also have a 500.html template in the same place and that is appearing just fine if I generate a 500 error. What might the problem be?

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