Drupal 8 Front Page Template

Sevens theme implementation to display a single drupal page.
Drupal 8 front page template. This also explains why page fronthtmltwig if it exists overrides any other suggestion for the front page. If latikas suggestion didnt. Adding stylesheets css and javascript js to a drupal 8 theme. Drupal 6 in drupal 6 copy the pagetplphp file and name it page fronttplphp.
How i create the front page in drupal 8 using twig. Drupal loads templates based on certain naming conventions. After adding a template you must rebuild the cache in order for drupal to discover your new template. Got it working but remember to clear cache or drush8 cache rebuild.
Any drupal page can be themed specifically using the template suggestions process used in phptemplate theme engine. In drupal 8 stylesheets css and javascript js are loaded through the same system for modules code and themes for everything. It is always the last suggestion for the page designated as the front page. For drupal 8 follows template naming convention url.
More about twig. Of course if none of the overriding suggestions exist pagehtmltwig is the final suggestion. This allows you to override templates by adding them to your theme and giving them specific names. Pagetplphp is the final suggestion.
Twig is the default template engine for drupal 8. The doctype html head and body tags are not in this template. Specifically how do i need to name a template file so it will be used for the front page of my website. You can debug twig templates to figure out which templates are being used to output the markup for any given element.
In this tutorial i created a page then i used the page for drupal 8 home page. In short the drupal 8 twig html template file has this name. Twig in drupal 8. Twig template naming conventions.
Log in or register to post comments. Thedrupalkid commented 28 january 2016 at 1246. What are the twig template file naming conventions for drupal 8. Differences with drupal 7.
Drupal 7 in drupal 7 copy the pagetplphp file and name it page fronttplphp. This is powerful learn about it. This also explains why page fronttplphp if it exists overrides any other suggestion for the front page. Instead they can be found in the htmlhtmltwig template normally located in the coremodulessystem directory.