How can I dry shared text in a Django template?

Question

I have static text that should appear in two places in the template.

For example:

<div>
{% if something %}
    This is a static text
{% else %}
    Something else happened
{% endif %}
</div>
... more html
<span>
{% if something %}
    This is a static text
{% else %}
    Something else happend
{% endif %}
</span>

• I can do this by duplicating the above text in two different places in the template file (as shown above).
• I could also create a model that will store text (this is DRY, but cost a DB call for a simple task)
• I am thinking of using include template, but this is probably not the best way to achieve my goal.

What is the best way to do this?

Answer 1

Definitely use inclusion tags:

http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/custom-template-tags/#inclusion-tags

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{% if something %}
This is a static text
{% else %}
Something else happened
{% endif %}

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Answer 2

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{% load i18n %}

<div>
{% if something %}
    {% trans "static" %}
{% else %}
    {% trans "something else" %}
{% endif %}
</div>

.po:

msgid "static"
msgstr "This is a static text"

msgid "something else"
msgstr "Something else happened

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

: http://github.com/zerok/django-flatblocks

: http://code.google.com/p/django-chunks/

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{% load chunks %}
<div>
{% if something %}
    {% chunk "something" %} 
{% else %}
    {% chunk "something_else" %}
{% endif %}
</div>

, :

• http://bitbucket.org/hakanw/django-better-chunks/
• http://github.com/bartTC/django-generic-flatblocks

Answer 5

I have a file similar to Java properties that I use for all resource strings. I just serve what I want. Keeping them in one place also facilitates translation.

Example:.

welcome_msg="hello user!" 
thank_you="thank you" 
goodbye_msg="goodbye, " + thank_you

Answer 6

If the included text gets larger, use the 'include' tag.

{% include "myapp / helptext.html"%}

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