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By default, each template in expression engine is an entire template. Is there a way to set a global template, and have each template be inserted as the content section of that template?

ie. .template.php:

<html>
  <head>
  </head>
  <body>
    {embed:currentpagecontent}
    <footer>
    </footer>
  </body>
</html>

The only way I can think of doing it is to have common elements and embed them on every template - like so:

{embed:'.header.php'}
{embed:'.navbar.php'}

<h1>ipsum lorem</h1>

{embed:'.footer.php'}

it just seems messy having the same prefix and suffix on every template

(nb. this question sounds annoyingly confusing due the dual meaning of the word 'template' in expression engine!)

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This is a common question and there is a technique you can use with the add-on "Stash." It's already been described and documented multiple times.

Check out the selected answer for this other, similar question: How to use a common template for all pages?

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  • perfect - i'll check this out now!
    – stef
    Commented May 10, 2013 at 10:57
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You absolutely could have a single template. Just make 1 template, set it as the 'homepage' of your site then within that apply whatever logic you wish to pull in different embeds or snippets. Though I think it would become a bit messy fairly quickly for anything but the most basic site. It's much simpler to use different template groups.

What is the other meaning of "template" in EE? There's only 1 meaning of template as far as I'm aware.

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  • so the recommended approach is to have boilerplate sections that are common to the whole site in hidden templates, and {embed}ding them on every page?
    – stef
    Commented May 10, 2013 at 10:10
  • (and i just meant that ee templates are tied directly to routing/controller logic - something that i've always tried to keep separate from view logic. it's confusing because i want to keep the routing logic of 'template groups : templates', but not have duplicated content on every 'template' in the whole site)
    – stef
    Commented May 10, 2013 at 10:15
  • I don't know if it's "recommended" or not but I tend to create partials for things like site headers, footers etc. I probably wouldn't try to do everything on a single template simply because the conditional logic would get over complex for most of the things I build with EE.
    – foamcow
    Commented May 10, 2013 at 11:35

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