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Django Template Inheritance
Template inheritance allows you to build a base 'skeleton' template that contains all the common parts of your site and defines blocks that child templates can override.
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{% extends 'base.html' %}{% block content %}<h1>Welcome to my site!</h1>{% endblock %}
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{% extends 'base.html' %}
Tells Django that this template is a child of base.html and inherits its structure.
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{% block content %}
Defines a section that will replace the corresponding block in the parent template.
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{% endblock %}
Marks the end of the custom content block.