Base template for all apps in Django

Question

I have a project with 2 apps

project/     blog/         templates/             index.html     polls/         templates/             index.html     project/         templates/             base.html             index.html 

Now i want that the two apps extends the projects base.html. Is this the way to go? how it is possible and are there better solutions?

There is already an question which is handling this question, but it's only worth mentioning if you dont use split directories: Django project base template

tl;dr: I want to use split directories and want to know how to extend a base template from multiple apps without copying it to every app

Answer 1

In current Django (1.10) TEMPLATE_DIRS is deprecated, so:

1. Add a templates directory at the project root,

2. In settings.py find TEMPLATES -> DIRS and add it like this:

   TEMPLATES = [ {     ...     'DIRS': [(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')),],     ... } 

3. Add a base.html to that directory.

4. Extend it wherever you want using {% extends 'base.html' %}