You've got your inheritance backwards.
Rendering base.html never uses base_header.html.
Renderig base_header.html would use the code from base.html, but
override the contents of block header.
On 8/14/07, Wiley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Sorry for the newbie question here, I've searched the group and all
> the documentation I can find. I'm sure I'm missing something basic.
> Here's the principle that I don't understand behind the practical
> question I'm going to ask:
>
> When a view only renders a single template, how does django "know" how
> to find the other templates that populate the base template?
>
> I'm running apache2 and mod_python.
>
> I have 2 files, base.html and base_header.html:
>
> base.html
> ...
> <div id='hdr">
> {% block header %}
> <h1>achtung</h1>
> {% endblock header %}
> </div>
> ...
>
> base_header.html
> ...
> {% extends "base.html" %}
>
> {% block header %}
> <h1>My Beloved Title</h1>
> {% endblock header %}
> ...
>
> When go to a view that renders base.html, it never resolves its
> "child", base_header.html, it always displays "achtung" instead of "My
> Beloved Title". I've put the templates directory in apache's htdocs
> folder with all permissions on. I've toggled the extends tag to
> include or not include the ".html" after base. No matter what I do I
> can always render the parent fine, but just can't get that child to
> load.
>
> What fantastically simple piece of the puzzle have I forgotten here?
>
> Thanks so much!
>
>
> >
>
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