SameAs
Repeat template blocks with ease!
What is it?
SameAs is a small Django application that provides you with an easy-to-use template tag to replicate a block.
For example you may want to repeat your title block somewhere else in your page.
{% load sameastags %}
...
<head>
<title>{% block title %}{{ object.title }}{% endblock %}</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>{% sameas title %}</h1>
</body>
...It's as simple as this.
But the real benefit of this feature is when used with template inheritance.
base.html:
...
{% load sameastags %}
...
<title>{% block title %}{% endblock %}</title>
<meta property="og:title" content="{% sameas title %}">
...
<h1>{% sameas title %}</h1>
...
inner.html
...
{% extends "base.html" %}
{% block title %}{{ object.title }}{% endblock %}
...Please note
Tag library loading should occur before any blocks are declared.
It's good if you place {% load sameastags %} somewhere at the top of
your page.
Installation
The application is currently not available on PyPI. To install it, you need to
- Clone this repository
- Add sameas package to PYTHONPATH
- Add 'sameas' to your INSTALLED_APPS
Requirements
- Python 2 or 3
- Django (tested against 1.5, but I expect it to work with previous versions too)
Tests
If you're interested in the project and you contribute, please make sure:
- your changes don't break current tests
- you add appropriate tests for your features/bug fixes.
To run the tests simply use
$ ./manage.py test sameas
License
This project is licensed under LGPLv3. Read LICENSE for details.
Why it's not on PyPI?
I don't want to flood PyPI with something as simple as 20 lines of code. If the project turns out to be of valuable help, I'll reconsider.