Templates

This part of the 4.x documentation is for Exponential 4.0, only reference section is common for all Exponential 4.x versions as well as Exponential 5.x "LegacyStack", please select the version you are using for the most up to date documentation!

The purpose of this chapter is to reveal and teach everything there is to know about the template system. It describes both the template language and the way the system handles the template files. People previously unfamiliar with Exponential templates should be able to collect enough information in order to understand the following issues:

What a template is and what it is not
Template types (page layout, node and system templates)
Template structure
The template language
The main template (the page layout)
Template variables available in the page layout
How basic template tasks can be done
How information can be retrieved from the Content Management System
The template override system