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🐍 Build Your First Django Website: Day 6
Raw text isn’t fun—let’s make your website look good! Django’s template system allows you to create reusable, styled HTML pages. Today, we’ll design your site with templates.
Digital Shade
19 Mar • Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes
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Day 6: Create a Template for Your Website
Now that you have a basic view, let’s use Django’s template system to display dynamic content.
1. Create a Template Folder
In your blog app folder, create a new folder named templates/blog.
2. Create a Template File
Inside templates/blog, create a new file called blog_home.html with the following content:
3. Update Your View
Modify views.py to use the template:
4. Next Step
Tomorrow, we’ll integrate a database and learn how to work with data!
🏆 Final Thoughts
If you missed out on the previous step, head on over to this post.
If you want to see an overview of all of the steps, check out this post.
Having trouble with this step? Let me know in the comments! 🚀🐍
Happy coding! 🚀🐍
Digital Shade
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