{"id":5619,"date":"2024-03-14T03:05:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T03:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-templates-in-django\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T17:29:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T17:29:54","slug":"how-to-use-templates-in-django","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-templates-in-django\/","title":{"rendered":"Django Templates Guide: Setup and Usage"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Django, templates are a way to generate HTML pages by embedding dynamic data and logic. The following are the basic steps for using Django templates:<\/p>\n

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  1. Create a template file: Create a new folder named ‘templates’ in the Django project, then create HTML files within that folder as template files. You can use Django’s template syntax, such as variables like {{ variable }} and loops like {% for item in list %}.<\/li>\n
  2. Set the template path: In the settings.py file, configure the path of the template files by adding the templates folder to the DIRS list in TEMPLATES.<\/li>\n
  3. Load the template in the view: Use the render method in the view function to load the template file and pass the necessary data to the template.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    from<\/span> django.shortcuts import<\/span> render\r\n\r\ndef<\/span> my_view<\/span>(request<\/span>):\r\n    data = {'name'<\/span>: 'Alice'<\/span>, 'age'<\/span>: 25<\/span>}\r\n    return<\/span> render(request, 'my_template.html'<\/span>, data)\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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    1. Use data in templates: Data passed to the template file can be used to display dynamic content using template syntax.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      <!DOCTYPE html<\/span>><\/span>\r\n<html<\/span> lang<\/span>=\"en\"<\/span>><\/span>\r\n<head<\/span>><\/span>\r\n    <meta<\/span> charset<\/span>=\"UTF-8\"<\/span>><\/span>\r\n    <title<\/span>><\/span>My Template<\/title<\/span>><\/span>\r\n<\/head<\/span>><\/span>\r\n<body<\/span>><\/span>\r\n    <h1<\/span>><\/span>Hello, {{ name }}<\/h1<\/span>><\/span>\r\n    <p<\/span>><\/span>Your age is {{ age }}<\/p<\/span>><\/span>\r\n<\/body<\/span>><\/span>\r\n<\/html<\/span>><\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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      1. Use the template: Finally, in the view function, return the generated HTML page using the render method.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        By following the above steps, you can use templates in a Django project to generate dynamic HTML pages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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