{% extends 'tools/base.html' %} | Django | Page 1

upbeat meteor Apr 13, 2025, 6:21 PM

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I'm new to Django and I need some help with this. So, as you can see in the first page, the page looks distorted mainly because of my base page, which is just my sidenav. anytime I remove {% extends 'tools/base.html' %}, it returns to normal, as seen in the third image.
What might be the cause??

willow trench Apr 13, 2025, 6:22 PM

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You're fundamentally misunderstanding how template inheritance works, I'm afraid

upbeat meteor Apr 13, 2025, 6:23 PM

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willow trench You're fundamentally misunderstanding how template inheritance works, I'm afraid

ohh okay

willow trench Apr 13, 2025, 6:23 PM

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Extending a template means "use this other template in its entirety, and I will replace some blocks that are defined within it with some content here"

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If you use extends, everything else in that template needs to be within {% block foo %} tags

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The base template should provide the entire structure, and allow places for child templates to insert content

upbeat meteor Apr 13, 2025, 6:26 PM

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willow trench Extending a template means "use this other template in its entirety, and I will ...

ohhhh okay okay

#{% extends 'tools/base.html' %}