If you are getting an Execution Failure while trying to use the builtin embed snippet in Lift, you need to make sure the following are true:

• the embedded template name must start with an underscore (ie: _sample.html)
• do not include the .html extension on the name in the tag
• make sure you have a top level tag in the embedded template that contains all the content For example, this is how to embed a template using designer friendly templates:

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<div class="lift:embed?what=/templates-hidden/dashboards/_admin"></div>

Then the actual contents of the _admin.html template should look like this:

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<div>
  <p>This is an admin template.</p>
  <div>
    ... other content/snippets here ...
  </div>
<div>

If you don’t put a top container around your embedded content, only the first node will get embedded.