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Python Customizing Django Templates Template Tags and Filters Blocks and Inheritance

Diane Leigh
Diane Leigh
16,813 Points
Posted by Diane Leigh
Diane Leigh
16,813 Points

Can someone please tell me why this code is failing?

Now, in the "list.html" template, extend "layout.html" (which is in the "code_challenges" directory). Here is my code: {% extends "code_challenges/layout.html" %}

<html> <head> <title>Code Challenge</title> </head> <body> <div class="page-header"> {% block header %} {% endblock %} </div> </body> </html>

I keep getting this message: Bummer! We accessed list.html, but can't find the content of layout.html. Did you extend "code_challenges/layout.html" within list.html? I've tried "..." I've tried '...' I'm sure it is something silly, but I have no idea what!

code_challenges/templates/code_challenges/layout.html 
{% extends "code_challenges/layout.html" %}

<html>
    <head>
        <title>Code Challenge</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <div class="page-header">
          {% block header %}
          {% endblock %}
        </div> 
    </body>
</html>
code_challenges/templates/code_challenges/list.html

1 Answer

Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 38,322 Points
Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 38,322 Points

You get the error message because you're adding the extends in layout.html instead of list.html

Just a tip: Some of the challenges are very sensitive and fails if doing anything special/extra

  • in your code you wrote {% extends "code_challenges/layout.html" %}
  • but it should be {% extends "layout.html" %}