TemplateSyntaxError at /

[Malik Rumi]

Invalid template name in 'extends' tag: ''. Got this from the 'baseX.html' variable.

The first line in index.html is:

{% extends baseX.html %}

I got this error when trying out a new template package I bought. I thought it was telling me something was wrong with the name of the base template being extended, but changing the name numerous times always brings the same error.

I tried using a functional view instead, but I still got the same error.

Debug Toolbar says:

        Templates

index.html
    /home/malikarumi/Projects/cannon/jamf/static/index.html
    ▶ Toggle context
None
    <unknown source>

   
That's when I figured out that the error was with baseX itself. The traceback points to line 141 in loader_tags.py, which is the get_parent function:

    def get_parent(self, context):
        parent = self.parent_name.resolve(context)
        if not parent:
            error_msg = "Invalid template name in 'extends' tag: %r." % parent
            if self.parent_name.filters or\
                    isinstance(self.parent_name.var, Variable):
                error_msg += " Got this from the '%s' variable." %\
                    self.parent_name.token
            raise TemplateSyntaxError(error_msg)
        if isinstance(parent, Template):
            # parent is a django.template.Template
            return parent
        if isinstance(getattr(parent, 'template', None), Template):
            # parent is a django.template.backends.django.Template
            return parent.template
        return self.find_template(parent, context)

       
Both baseX and index are in the same folder. Somehow Django has decided my baseX is not a django.template.django.Template. I don't know what makes a template qualify as a django.Template, and wasn't able to find anything on that. baseX is a pre-made template I liked and bought online. The designer doesn't know anything about Django. As far as I can tell, it is just html, css, and javascript, like any other template. It is bootstrap, just like the template I was using before. I have searched around, there's lots of stuff about templates in general, but I haven't found anything on this particular issue.

I did come across django-bootstrap3, but I see no reason why that's required to use bootstrap. I didn't have it with the previous bootstrap theme I was using and that worked.

Your insights appreciated.
ubuntu 15.10, Python 2.7.10, Django 1.9.1, Bootstrap 3.3.6

[James Schneider]

On Jul 9, 2016 6:38 PM, "Malik Rumi" <malik....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Invalid template name in 'extends' tag: ''. Got this from the 'baseX.html' variable.
>
> The first line in index.html is:
> {% extends baseX.html %}
>

Try adding quotes around "baseX.html", your referring to it as a variable, not as the name of the template.

-James

[Malik Rumi]

God damn. That was it - something silly and obvious, but only to a fresh set of eyes. Thank you!

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