I know that my index.html will implicity use baseof.html for the page’s structure. But is it possible to ‘call’ a different template explicitly, if I want?
Do you want to use a different baseof.html with your existing index.html, or do you not want to use baseof.html, or something else entirely?
I may want to use something else entirely. And I’d also like to reduce the ‘magic’ that happens as Hugo automatically selects template based on its own lookup order.
Use the layout field in front matter.
Hmm. if I add:
+++
layout = "baseof.html"
+++
at the top of my index.html file, the browser displays the literal string +++ layout = "baseof.html" +++ and nothing else.
So I must be doing something wrong.
Content files (e.g., example.md) have front matter. Templates have template code.
That’s what I’m looking for, a template code to explicitly define the base layout I want to use for a template.
Right, that’s what I asked about earlier, and the answer is no.
You cannot specify a base template when using the base/block construct. What you can do, and is frequently used for landing pages, is create a template that does not use the base/block construct, and specify that template in the layout field.
OK, I think I get it. I could create a home.md page and define a specific template for its structure in the front matter.
Thanks for your help. You can tell I’m pretty new to Hugo.
That’s correct, except you would create content/_index.md not content/home.md.
Example:
git clone --single-branch -b hugo-forum-topic-54133 https://github.com/jmooring/hugo-testing hugo-forum-topic-54133
cd hugo-forum-topic-54133
hugo server
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