Layouts
Using layouts
Layouts define the structure of pages. They are stored in the layouts/ folder and use placeholders like Layouts define the structure of pages. They are stored in the layouts/ folder and use placeholders like {{ content }}. Example layouts/default.html: ```
{{ title }}
Example layouts/default.html:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>{{ title }}</title>
</head>
<body>
<header>
<h1>{{ title }}</h1>
</header>
<main>
{{ content }}
</main>
</body>
</html>
Layouts are used to add content before and after the main page content.
They go in the layouts folder and are always HTML files.
Place {{ content }} at the point where you want the page content to be inserted.
Default layouts
By default every page tries to apply the layout named after the folder they are in. So if a page is inside a folder called 'posts' then it will try to apply a layout called 'posts.html', otherwise it will apply the layout called 'default.html'. Top level pages apply the 'default.html' layout.
You can specify a particular layout for a page by adding the 'layout' propety to the front matter data of a page. The following will try to apply the layout called 'special_layout.html':
---
layout: special_layout
---
If a layout file doesn't exist then it is no layout will be applied.