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copied!<p>I got an article app and trying to make a custom filter, I have a directory called templatetags in article app, and a tags.py within that directory, here is the directory structure.</p> <pre><code>-manage.py(f) -settings.py(f) -articles(d) - templatetags(d) - tags.py(f) </code></pre> <p>On the templates, the articles have its own directory, all article templates extend from a base.html template, here is the template structure.</p> <pre><code>-base.html(f) -articles(d) -index.html(f) </code></pre> <p>I load the tags in base.html {% load tags %} and use the custom filter in index.html and got the invalid filter error.</p> <p><strong><em>tags.py</em></strong></p> <pre><code>from django import template from django.template.defaultfilters import stringfilter register = template.Library() @register.filter @stringfilter def space2Dash(s): return s.replace(' ', '_'); </code></pre> <p>I just can't figure out what I did wrong.</p> <p>edit: I changed the filter name to <code>abcfilter.py</code> and I have the article app loaded in my <code>settings.py</code></p> <p>articles/index.html</p> <pre><code> {% load abcfilter %} {{ "foo bar"|space2dash }} </code></pre> <p>the error:</p> <pre><code>Request Method: GET Request URL: http://localhost:8080/articles/ Django Version: 1.2.5 Exception Type: TemplateSyntaxError Exception Value: Invalid filter: 'space2dash' Exception Location: ***/lib/python2.7/django/template/__init__.py in find_filter, line 363 Python Executable: /usr/local/bin/python Python Version: 2.7.1 Server time: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 07:55:54 -0500 </code></pre>

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