Why would there be both [% and <% in the default layout? Am I missing something? Dancer2$ more share/skel/views/layouts/main.tt <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="<% settings.charset %>"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=yes"> <title>[% appname %]</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="<% request.uri_base %>/css/style.css"> <!-- Grab jQuery from a CDN, fall back to local if necessary --> <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.4.min.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript">/* <![CDATA[ */ !window.jQuery && document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="<% request.uri_base %>/javascripts/jquery.js"><\/script>') /* ]]> */</script> </head> <body> <% content %> <div id="footer"> Powered by <a href="http://perldancer.org/">Dancer2</a> <% dancer_version %> </div> </body> </html> -- Cheers -- Rick