On Thu, May 28, 2009, Masklinn <maskl...@masklinn.net> wrote:
>> I need to create some templates that will cover a number of cases:
>>
>> display navigation menu: yes or no
>> display additional info box: yes or no
>>
>> In other words, there are a total of four cases that need to be
>> provided for.
>>
>> I understand how to use template inheritance so that a derived
>> template
>> will contain a block that overrides the default presence of the
>> navigation menu.
>>
>> I could create a total of four derived templates, one for each case;
>> that would be OK too.
>>
>> However, the number of derived templates rises exponentially. If I
>> needed to cover a couple of additional options, say:
>>
>> use low-bandwidth styling: yes or no
>> display secret information: yes or no
>>
>> then I'd need 16 templates to extend the base.
>>
>> There must be a better way to do this - what is it?
>>
>Template inclusion instead of template inheritance?
You mean, by using a series of tags like:
{% if [condition] %}
{% include "navigationmenu.html" %}
{% endif %}
{% if [condition2] %}
{% include "additionalinfo.html" %}
{% endif %}
and so on?
Daniele
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