Django has some pretty neat features that allow for simple template selection.
You can generate a list of templates you wish to use, and it'll go through and see if they exist. The first one that exists will be returned.
from django.template.loader import select_template An example below:
def section_page(request, section_slug, subsection_slug):
c = { 'title': 'blah blah blah', 'section': section_slug, }
template_list = (
'section/home_%s_%s.html' % (section_slug, subsection_slug),
'section/home_%s.html' % section_slug,
'section/base.html'
)
return render_to_response(select_template(template_list), c, context_instance = RequestContext(request) Now following the given example, if we tried to load a section such as "funny" and the subsection of "comics", it'll see if you have a customised layout for "home_funny_comics.html" and use it.
If that file doesn't exist, it'll try to get "home_funny.html" and use it.
Now if that doesn't exist, as last resort it'll use "base.html" as the template.
If none of those exist, it'll raise an exception.
