How to repeat a “block” in a django template

Question

Use the Django template macros plugin:

https://gist.github.com/1715202 (django >= 1.4)

or

http://www.djangosnippets.org/snippets/363/ (django < 1.4)

django >= 1.4

# base.html
{% kwacro title %}
    {% block title %}My Cool Website{% endblock %}
{% endkwacro %}

<html>
    <head>
        <title>{% usekwacro title %}</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <h1>{% usekwacro title %}</h1>
    </body>
</html>

and

# blog.html
{% extends 'base.html' %}
{% block title %}My Blog{% endblock %}

django < 1.4

# base.html
{% macro title %}
    {% block title %}My Cool Website{% endblock %}
{% endmacro %}

<html>
    <head>
        <title>{% usemacro title %}</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <h1>{% usemacro title %}</h1>
    </body>
</html>

and

# blog.html
{% extends 'base.html' %}
{% block title %}My Blog{% endblock %}

django >= 1.4

django < 1.4

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