Django extends Tag
Extends
The extends tag allows you to add a parent template for the current template.
This means that you can have one master page that acts like a parent for all other pages:
Example
mymaster.html:
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<html> <body> <h1>Welcome</h1> {% block mymessage %} {% endblock %} </body> </html> |
template.html:
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{% extends 'mymaster.html' %} {% block mymessage %} <p>This page has a master page</p> {% endblock %} |
You put placeholders in the master template, telling Django where to put which content.
Django uses the {% block %} tag, to create placeholders:
master.html:
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<html> <body> {% block myheading %} {% endblock %} {% block mymessage %} {% endblock %} </body> </html> |
Templates that uses the master template, uses the {% block %} tag to create content that will be displayed in the placeholder with the same name:
template.html:
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{% extends 'mymaster.html' %} {% block myheading %} <h1>Members</h1> {% endblock %} {% block mymessage %} <ul> {% for x in members %} <li>{{ x.firstname }}</li> {% endfor %} </ul> {% endblock %} |
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