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**Category:** tips & tricks\
**Created:** [October 2, 2017, 11:55am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/shortcode-in-html-file-which-is-located-in-content/8639 "2017-10-02T11:55:16Z")\
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**Author:**  [@Leo\_Merkel](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/Leo_Merkel)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 11:55am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/shortcode-in-html-file-which-is-located-in-content/8639/1 "2017-10-02T11:55:16Z")
Just found out the following:
Beside some Markdown files I have an HTML file in my content which by default uses the template `layouts/_default/single.html`. I tried to put a partial directly in the HTML file (like `{{ partial "partial-name" . }}` which did not work. But then I tried to call a shortcode in the HTML file (like `{{< shortcode-name >}}` and call the same partial like above inside the shortcode and that works.
Nice. Perhaps this is something for you.
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**Author:**  [@maiki](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/maiki)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/shortcode-in-html-file-which-is-located-in-content/8639/2 "2017-10-02T20:10:23Z")
I always appreciate sharing workarounds, thanks!
I’d like to point out this may not be the first step to “fixing” this issue. If your partial isn’t working in a template, it is better in the long run to know why, ne? This sounds like it could be a scoping issue or something. Feel free to open a support ticket with this specific issue, I bet we could figure it out. 🙂
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**Author:**  [@Leo\_Merkel](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/Leo_Merkel)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/shortcode-in-html-file-which-is-located-in-content/8639/3 "2017-10-03T22:15:50Z")
I was not talking about a partial in a template. I was talking about a partial in an ordinary HTML file which lives in the content folder beside some Markdown files.
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**Author:**  [@bep](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/bep)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/shortcode-in-html-file-which-is-located-in-content/8639/4 "2017-10-03T22:34:07Z")
The gist of this is that
- HTML files in /content IS a content file. Shortcode support and all.
- If it has front matter, it will get the same template handling logic as the rest.
- If it does not have front matter, it will be its own template.
The last one is a little magical, but we have had it so long so removing it would break glass houses.
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**Author:**  [@gaetawoo](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/gaetawoo)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/shortcode-in-html-file-which-is-located-in-content/8639/5 "2017-10-10T20:57:55Z")
So that last one… would that be good for landing pages? or not recommended?