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Asked: 2026-05-22T01:49:32+00:00

Hello I seem to be having a problem of using a base template. My

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Hello I seem to be having a problem of using a base template. My base html is called help_content.html. 

<html>
<head>
    <meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
    <a href="help_new_client.html">New Client</a>
    <title>User Manual</title>
    <style></style></head>
<body style="padding:10px;">
    {% block content %}{% endblock %}
</body>
</html>

Here is my child template named help_new_client.html

{% extends "help_content.html" %}
{% block content %}
<h3 class="western">New  Client</h3>
<p><b>Add client</b></p>
<p>If you are not already on the All clients screen then click “VIEW
CLIENTS” on the main menu.</p>
<p>Click on the Add client button. A Client form is displayed. Fill
the form and click save.</p>
<p>Action: VIEW CLIENTS → Add client → save</p>
<p><b>Edit client</b></p>
<p>To edit a  client simply click on the client in the All clients
list. Edit the clients information and save.</p>
<p>Action: VIEW CLIENT → click on client → click on Edit client
information → save 
</p>

{% endblock %}

EDIT: views

@login_required
def help_index(request):
    return render_to_response('help_content.html', context_instance=RequestContext(request))

@login_required
def help_new_client(request):
    return render_to_response('help_new_client.html', context_instance=RequestContext(request))

I am not really sure what I have done wrong. In help_content.html, I see {% block content %}{% endblock %} and in help_new_client.html, I see {% extends "help_content.html" %} {% block content %} {% endblock %}. I’m not sure why I am receiving these template tags rather than my content.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I guess that you are not rendering the template from a view.

    Are you sure you are doing something like this in a view, and that you are executing that view via a corresponding url pattern:

    from django.template import RequestContext
from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
def index(request):
    return render_to_response('help_content.html',
                      context_instance=RequestContext(request))

    I don’t see in your extended template this as the first line:

    {% extends 'help_content.html' %}

    And close the </body> tag in your base template just to be sure.

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