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Adrianne Padua
Adrianne Padua
7,506 Points
Posted by Adrianne Padua
Adrianne Padua
7,506 Points

Is "layout: page" required on front matter?

I was watching the video and I noticed that only the title and the permalink were only included in the front matter for the new pages (contact.md and resources.md). When I viewed it on my site on my computer, the HTML and styling did not carry over. Then I noticed that about.md has "layout: page" block on its front matter and I added those on my contact.md and resources.md and that fixed the problem.

So, I'm just wondering if "layout:page" is required for every page I make or do I just follow what the video says? I'm confused.

2 Answers

Jose Galan
Jose Galan
2,414 Points
Jose Galan
Jose Galan
2,414 Points

Yes. it is. otherwise it won't know how to display the page.

Bhabani Mohapatra
Bhabani Mohapatra
343 Points
Bhabani Mohapatra
Bhabani Mohapatra
343 Points

No. Once you define the default values for page in config.yml. After that it is not necessary.