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JavaScript Express Basics (2015) Using Templates with Express Scaffolding Your Project’s Templates - adding “partials”

Anthony c
Anthony c
20,907 Points
Posted by Anthony c
Anthony c
20,907 Points

Issue with _nav template

I'm getting the following error in my browser:

Error: /Users/MYNAME/Desktop/projects/express-basics/src/templates/partials/_nav.jade:7
   5|             button.navbar-toggle.collapsed(type='button', data-toggle='collapse', data-target='#bs-example-navbar-collapse-1')
   6|                 span.sr-only Toggle navigation
 > 7|                 |
   8|                 span.icon-bar
   9|                 |
   10|                 span.icon-bar

It seems like there is some issue with line 7 in my nav partial. When I comment out "include .partials/_nav.jade" from layout.jade -- everything works.

This is the jade file:

nav#mainNav.navbar.navbar-default.navbar-fixed-top
    .container-fluid
        // Brand and toggle get grouped for better mobile display
        .navbar-header
            button.navbar-toggle.collapsed(type='button', data-toggle='collapse', data-target='#bs-example-navbar-collapse-1')
                span.sr-only Toggle navigation
                |
                span.icon-bar
                |
                span.icon-bar
                |
                span.icon-bar
            |
            a.navbar-brand.page-scroll(href='/') FitLog.io
        // Collect the nav links, forms, and other content for toggling
        #bs-example-navbar-collapse-1.collapse.navbar-collapse
            ul.nav.navbar-nav.navbar-right
                li
                    a(href='/blog') Blog
                li
                    a.page-scroll(href='#about') About
                li
                    a.page-scroll(href='#services') Services
                |
                li
                    a.page-scroll(href='#portfolio') Portfolio
                |
                li
                    a.page-scroll(href='#contact') Contact
                // /.navbar-collapse
                // /.container-fluid

Is it an issue with the "Toggle navigation" word? I don't see what's happening.

1 Answer

Benjamin Singh
Benjamin Singh
15,248 Points
Benjamin Singh
Benjamin Singh
15,248 Points

This is a very annoying problem.

It has something to do with those pipe symbols or/and your IDE or/and your indentation settings. When I clone the Repo everything works just fine and I have no errors. But when I copy/paste the code or write it by myself it doesn't work anymore (ERROR: unexpected text |) even though everything is set up the same. Totally weird.

This worked for me: Delete all pipe symbols which have no text afterwards. In _nav.jade that should be all pipe symbols.

I could not see any difference in the rendered HTML.

Hope it works for you.