# Static Pages & Flatpages

Static pages are templates with a direct link configured via Omnitron and content, also managed via Omnitron. They are also called "flatpages", hence their folder in project is `templates/flatpages`. For consistency, this document will use the name `flatpages`.

Since flatpages are managed via Omnitron, they get some attributes by default to use the information from Omnitron. These attributes are `title` and `content`, which is used in templates as `{{ flatpage.title }}` and `{{ flatpage.content }}` respectively.

```
<section class="flatpage">
  <h1>{{ flatpage.title }}</h1>
  {% autoescape false %}
    {{ flatpage.content }}
  {% endautoescape %}
</section>
```

## <mark style="color:red;">Base Layout Extend​</mark> <a href="#base-layout-extend" id="base-layout-extend"></a>

Flatpages may or may not use the general design of the website, depending on their designs. If they do, they need to be extended from the base layout as usual.

```
{% extends 'layout/base.html' %}
```

If they have a different design, e.g. without header or footer, then you might not want to do this.

## <mark style="color:red;">Forms</mark>​ <a href="#forms" id="forms"></a>

It is possible to use forms in flatpages. The most commonly used form is the "contact us" form.

This form usually co-exists in account pages. In that case, the form in `/templates/account/contact` can be used in your flatpage with a Jinja2 `include`. Have a JS file which creates an instance of `AccountContact` class, add it to `/templates/layout/router.js` if it doesn't already exist and your contact form is ready to use.

```
{% include 'account/contact/index.html' %}
```

## <mark style="color:red;">Widgets</mark>​ <a href="#widgets" id="widgets"></a>

It is also possible to use widgets in flatpages. Please refer to widgets [documentation](/technical-guides/project-zero/django/widgets.md) for more information.

## <mark style="color:red;">3rd Party Tools​</mark> <a href="#id-3rd-party-tools" id="id-3rd-party-tools"></a>

Some projects might want to use 3rd party tools. In that case, an empty flatpage is created with only flatpage content.

```
{% autoescape false %}
  {{flatpage.content}}
{% endautoescape %}
```

Then, one can create a new page via Omnitron, use this template file and inject the tool they want via the content area.


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