diff --git a/src/wuttaweb/views/master.py b/src/wuttaweb/views/master.py
index ef9473d..6876603 100644
--- a/src/wuttaweb/views/master.py
+++ b/src/wuttaweb/views/master.py
@@ -1777,14 +1777,14 @@ class MasterView(View):
         context = self.get_template_context(context)
 
         # first try the template path most specific to this view
-        template_prefix = self.get_template_prefix()
-        mako_path = f'{template_prefix}/{template}.mako'
+        page_templates = self.get_page_templates(template)
+        mako_path = page_templates[0]
         try:
             return render_to_response(mako_path, context, request=self.request)
         except IOError:
 
             # failing that, try one or more fallback templates
-            for fallback in self.get_fallback_templates(template):
+            for fallback in page_templates[1:]:
                 try:
                     return render_to_response(fallback, context, request=self.request)
                 except IOError:
@@ -1815,21 +1815,51 @@ class MasterView(View):
         """
         return context
 
+    def get_page_templates(self, template):
+        """
+        Returns a list of all templates which can be attempted, to
+        render the current page.  This is called by
+        :meth:`render_to_response()`.
+
+        The list should be in order of preference, e.g. the first
+        entry will be the most "specific" template, with subsequent
+        entries becoming more generic.
+
+        In practice this method defines the first entry but calls
+        :meth:`get_fallback_templates()` for the rest.
+
+        :param template: Base name for a template (without prefix), e.g.
+           ``'view'``.
+
+        :returns: List of template paths to be tried, based on the
+           specified template.  For instance if ``template`` is
+           ``'view'`` this will (by default) return::
+
+              [
+                  '/widgets/view.mako',
+                  '/master/view.mako',
+              ]
+
+        """
+        template_prefix = self.get_template_prefix()
+        page_templates = [f'{template_prefix}/{template}.mako']
+        page_templates.extend(self.get_fallback_templates(template))
+        return page_templates
+
     def get_fallback_templates(self, template):
         """
         Returns a list of "fallback" template paths which may be
-        attempted for rendering a view.  This is used within
-        :meth:`render_to_response()` if the "first guess" template
-        file was not found.
+        attempted for rendering the current page.  See also
+        :meth:`get_page_templates()`.
 
         :param template: Base name for a template (without prefix), e.g.
-           ``'custom'``.
+           ``'view'``.
 
-        :returns: List of full template paths to be tried, based on
-           the specified template.  For instance if ``template`` is
-           ``'custom'`` this will (by default) return::
+        :returns: List of template paths to be tried, based on the
+           specified template.  For instance if ``template`` is
+           ``'view'`` this will (by default) return::
 
-              ['/master/custom.mako']
+              ['/master/view.mako']
         """
         return [f'/master/{template}.mako']