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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:

ExampleGet your own Django Server

mymaster.html:

<html>
<body>

<h1>Welcome</h1>

{% block mymessage %}
{% endblock %}

</body>
</html> 

template.html:

{% extends 'mymaster.html' %}

{% block mymessage %}
  <p>This page has a master page</p>
{% endblock %} 
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You put placeholders in the master template, telling Django where to put which content.

Django uses the {% block %} tag, to create placeholders:

master.html:

<html>
<body>

{% block myheading %}
{% endblock %}

{% block mymessage %}
{% endblock %}

</body>
</html> 

Templates that use the master template, use the {% block %} tag to create content that will be displayed in the placeholder with the same name:

template.html:

{% 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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