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Baseof

Baseof template & using block entities

All templates: single, list inherit from the baseof.html.

  • Create giraffe_site/layouts/_default/baseof.html and define main and footer blocks.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <title>Document</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    Top of baseof.
    <hr />
    {{ block "main" . }} {{ end }}
    <br />
    {{ block "footer" . }} This is the default baseof Footer. {{ end }}
    <hr />
    Bottom of baseof.
  </body>
</html>
  • Modify main and footer blocks in giraffe_site/layouts/_default/single.html
{{ define "main" }}
  This is the single template.
  {{end}}
{{define "footer"}}
  This is the single footer.
{{end}}
  • Modify only main block in giraffe_site/layouts/_default/list.html
    (will use the default footer of baseof.html)
{{ define "main" }}
  This is the list template.
{{ end }}
  • In browser the list pages are displayed something like:
Top of baseof.
---
This is the list template.
This is the default baseof Footer.
---
Bottom of baseof.

What other blocks there can be?
(title, main, footer)

Parent template (_default/baseof.html):

<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8" />
  <title>{{ block "title" . }}
  {{ end }}
  </title>
</head>

Child template

{{ define "title" }}
  {{ .Title }} | My Travel Blog
{{ end }}
{{ define "main" }}
<article>
  <h1>{{ .Title }}</h1>
  {{ .Content }}
</article>
  {{ end }}
{{ end }}
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