Django Starter 5 — Master Template

1 min readMay 26, 2024

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Using a master template to reuse common items in multiple pages.

Other parts of this series: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 6

Create Master Template

Create the master template (myproject\players\templates\master.html) as follows:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>{% block title %}{% endblock %}</title>
</head>
<body>

{% block content %}
{% endblock %}

</body>
</html>

Change Templates to use the Master Template

Changing All Players Template

Change the list of all players template (myproject\players\templates\all_players.html) as follows:

{% extends "master.html" %}

{% block title %}
  Chelsea Football Club - List of all Players
{% endblock %}


{% block content %}
  <h1>Players</h1>
  
  <ul>
    {% for x in allplayers %}
      <li><a href="details/{{ x.id }}">{{ x.firstname }} {{ x.lastname }}</a></li>
    {% endfor %}
  </ul>
{% endblock %}

Changing Players Detail Template

Change the Players Detail template (myproject\players\templates\details.html) as follows:

{% extends "master.html" %}

{% block title %}
  Player Details of {{ theplayer.firstname }} {{ theplayer.lastname }}
{% endblock %}


{% block content %}
  <h1>{{ theplayer.firstname }} {{ theplayer.lastname }}</h1>
  
  <p>Phone {{ theplayer.phone }}</p>
  <p>Date of Birth: {{ theplayer.dateofbirth }}</p>
  
  <p>Back to <a href="/players">Players</a></p>
  
{% endblock %}

Master Template

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