I have about page in : ./content/about.md I would like it to have a custom template so in about.md here are my settings : +++ date = “2017-04-17T11:01:21-04:00” draft = false title = “About” layout = “mylayout” +++ I made a single.html in ./themes/mytheme/layouts/mylayout/single.html I…

[[EDIT: The behavior is as expected but I noticed a bug when it comes to making changes with the live server and (possibly, I’m opening an issue) when declaring a specific layout in front matter when the layout doesn’t exist]]

Thank you so much for the explanations. I am wondering why my initial build did not work though? Does layout = name of file. so it should have been ./themes/mytheme/layouts/mylayout.html? Is it better just to use type and call it a day or should layout be what I should try doing?

@stephenbe Do you have a source repo you can point me to so I have a better all-around picture of what you’re trying to accomplish. To keep this simple, you can just declare the type per @budparr 's original suggestion…

Okay I will do as @budparr suggestion. What I understood is this : If you want a custom template use type If you have multiple templates in one type use layouts to specify what template to use. For exemple, if I have 10 events and I have two templates : layouts/events/event-list.html and layouts/…

[image] stephenbe: For exemple, if I have 10 events and I have two templates This depends on where these content files live. If they are already in content/events, you shouldn’t have to declare type = "events" because Hugo already makes that assumption. [image] stephenbe: If you have mul…

Thank you so much! I juste had a “ah ha!” moment. I very much appreciate your help, thank you! :slight_smile:

Oh god now {{ .Site.BaseURL }} doesn’t work anymore…should I open a new issue @rdwatters ?

[image] stephenbe: Oh god now {{ .Site.BaseURL }} doesn’t work anymore Please don’t open an issue. What do you mean by it doesn’t “work” anymore?

Well when I go to : http://localhost:1313/about/ No css is loaded because the baseURL is not loaded. ./themes/mytheme/layouts/mylayout.html I added {{ partial "header.html" }} in header.html I have : link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}css/style.css" Which sould render to : link rel…

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