Malformed template

Statac couldn’t read a template or a snippet. The message says what it found, in the template’s own words, and points at the place to fix: a tag that is never closed, an {% endif %} with no {% if %}, or a takes line it can’t follow.

What you’ll see

error  Malformed template: unexpected end of input, expected end of block
  More: https://statac.dev/e/malformed-template/

In the terminal the message also names the file and line where there is one, and marks the exact text.

Why Statac stops

A template it can’t read can’t build any page that uses it, and guessing at what it meant would publish something you didn’t write.

How to fix it

Look at the place the caret points to. Common causes:

• A {{ or {% with no }} or %} after it.
• A block opened and never closed, such as {% if %} with no {% endif %}, or closed twice.
• A snippet’s first line, {# takes photo, alt #}, naming something the snippet never reads, or more than two names. The line says which values a call may give without a name, in order; any others are given by name.

Example

In templates/post.html:

{% if page.date %}
<p>{{ page.date }}</p>

The if is never closed. Close it:

{% if page.date %}
<p>{{ page.date }}</p>
{% endif %}

Its name

Name	malformed-template
In the terminal	statac explain malformed-template
To stop showing it	It stops the build, so it can't be quietened.