app/soc/templates/README.templates
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TEMPLATE NAMESPACES
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Templates are placed in a "namespace" subdirectory in the templates directory,
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since the templates directory will be added to the Django templates search
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path.  This allows other packages to extend existing templates without "hiding"
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the original template.  For example, a template in another Melange application
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can extend a template in the SoC framework like this:
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  {% extends 'soc/some_existing_template.html' %}
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without "hiding" the some_existing_template.html for other uses, even if the
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derived template is also named some_existing_template.html.
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So, please do not put any templates in this soc/templates directory, but only
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place them in the soc/templates/soc "namespace" subdirectory.
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Different Melange applications should also follow this pattern, to promote
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sharing of templates between applications as well.  For exmample, the GSoC
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Melange application should place its templates in gsoc/templates/gsoc.
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MODEL/VIEW TEMPLATE NAMING
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View templates are usually named some_view.html for a corresponding someView()
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function and SomeViewForm form class.  Since SomeView is likely to be a common
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View name for multiple Models, Model-specific templates should be placed in
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soc/<model>/<view> sub-directories.
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