Hello

If we are creating a multipage Vibe.d application, we need to use diet templates. I can't find any info on how to include parts or whole of a diet template in another.

So for example, if i had pages :

1 =>

```
html
  head
    //stuff in head
  body
    // a common div goes here
    .commonDiv
       // common div stuff here
    .first-page-specific-div
       // first page specific stuff ...


```

and

2 =>

```
html
  head
    //stuff in head
  body
    // a common div goes here
    .commonDiv
       // common div stuff here
    .second-page-specific-div
       // second page specific stuff ...
```

I would like to do something like this

commonDivFile.extension =>

.commonDiv
   \\ common div stuff goes here....
   \\ add css file affecting the common div
   \\ add javascript with event listeners for common div elements..

and then

1 =>

```
html
  head
    //stuff in head
  body
    // some method to include commonDiv here, unknow to me
    .first-page-specific-div
       // first page specific stuff ...


```

and

2 =>

```
html
  head
    //stuff in head
  body
    // some method to include commonDiv here, unknow to me
    .second-page-specific-div
       // second page specific stuff ...
```

I can't find a way to do this in documents. If it is in the documentation, please point me to it. I do not want to use an iframe.

What can be done in this case? Thank you.

On 3/25/23 4:56 PM, seany wrote:

You can include an entire other diet template like:

include commondiv

Note that it gets copy-pasted as code, so it can use local symbols/functions you define in code islands.

I would also note that you can template the entire page (a common model), and allow other pages to inherit that common layout.

So something like:

layout.dt:

html
  head
    // stuff in head (always the same)
  body
    commondiv
      // always the same stuff here
    block content

page1.dt:

extends layout
block content
  // all the page1 specific content

Which is what I use. I also define extraCss and extraJs blocks to allow for more customization in those sections.

-Steve