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Drupal 8 Theming with Twig

You're reading from   Drupal 8 Theming with Twig Master Drupal 8's new Twig templating engine to create fun and fast websites with simple steps to help you move from concept to completion

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782168737
Length 376 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Chaz Chumley Chaz Chumley
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Preface 1. Setting Up Our Development Environment 2. Theme Administration FREE CHAPTER 3. Dissecting a Theme 4. Getting Started – Creating Themes 5. Prepping Our Project 6. Theming Our Homepage 7. Theming Our Interior Page 8. Theming Our Blog Listing Page 9. Theming Our Blog Detail Page 10. Theming Our Contact Page 11. Theming Our Search Results 12. Tips, Tricks, and Where to Go from Here Index

Chapter 7. Theming Our Interior Page

One of the great features of Drupal 8 is the new Twig templating engine. Simply by using the recommended file name suggestions, we saw how easy it was to theme our homepage by creating a page--front.html.twig template. However, we are not able to use this same template for our interior pages as Drupal only renders our homepage template on the front page of our website.

Instead, we will need to create a new Twig template that all of our interior pages can use when a user is navigating our website. By default, Drupal outputs content using the page.html.twig template. In this chapter, we will look at using the page.html.twig template, along with discussing strategies to address the following:

  • We will begin with reviewing the About Us page mockup and identify any additional components that may require custom blocks, new regions, and Twig templates.
  • Then, we will take a look at reusing regions such as our header and footer as they are considered global...
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