Django template include a template with a variable coming from view - django

Question

I have problem with Django templates. I want to create a base html, which I will use to display posts. I call a template from view, which includes an html file, where the file extends the base html.
view
def main(request):
all_posts = News.objects.all()
return render_to_response("index.html", {'all_posts': all_posts})
template -- index.html
<div id="content">
{% include 'content.html' with posts=all_posts%}
</div>
content.html
{% extends "content_base.html" %}
{% for post in posts %}
{% block date_of_post %} {{ post.date }} {% endblock %}
{% block post_author %} {{ post.author }} {% endblock %}
{% block post %} {{ post.content }} {% endblock %}
{% endfor %}
content_base.html
<div class="post">
<h2 class="title">{% block blabla %}{% endblock %}</h2>
<p class="meta"><span class="date">{% block date_of_post %}{% endblock %}</span><span class="posted">Posted by {% block post_author %}{% endblock %}</span></p>
<div style="clear: both;"> </div>
<div class="entry">
<p>
{% block post %} {% endblock %}
</p>
<p class="links">
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</p>
</div>
</div>
But it seems like I cannot pass the *all_posts* variable to content.html. What is the problem here? Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You should move the loop into index.html, and include content_base.html directly. So index.html becomes:
<div id="content">
{% for post in posts %}
{% include 'content_base.html' %}
{% endfor %}
</div>
and content_base.html is
<div class="post">
<h2 class="title">{{ post.title }}</h2>
<p class="meta"><span class="date">{{ post.date }}</span><span class="posted">Posted by {{{ post.author }}</span></p>
<div style="clear: both;"> </div>
<div class="entry">
<p>
{{ post.content }}
</p>
<p class="links">
Read More
Comments
</p>
</div>
</div>

Answer 2

You're using blocks with identical names, because you're using them in a loop:
{% for post in posts %}
{% block date_of_post %} {{ post.date }} {% endblock %}
{% block post_author %} {{ post.author }} {% endblock %}
{% block post %} {{ post.content }} {% endblock %}
{% endfor %}
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Answer 3

Sometimes too much normalization is not so good. You can simply have index.html and all of your code can go there (avoiding unnecessary blocks).
<div id="content">
{% for post in all_posts %}
<div class="post">
<h2 class="title">{{post.title}}</h2>
<p class="meta"><span class="date">{{post.date}}</span><span class="posted">Posted by {{post.post_author}}</span></p>
<div style="clear: both;"> </div>
<div class="entry">
<p>
{{post.content}}
</p>
<p class="links">
Read More
Comments
</p>
</div>
</div>
{% endfor %}
</div>