Template Basics

Kirby's template engine is based on a mixture of simple PHP and HTML. You don't need to know PHP to get started. The methods which are being used to fetch data into your templates are very easy to understand. You should have basic HTML skills though.

/site/templates

All templates for your site are located in the /site/templates folder.

Naming your templates

The names of your templates are related to the filenames of your text files in the content folder. Here are a couple examples:

The default template

All the examples above assume that the template files exist. If a template file with the same name as the text file does not exist, the default template is being loaded.

The default template is the only required template. It is called default.php and must exist in your templates folder. When you get started with a completely new site you might want to start with just the default template as your foundation.

Shared templates

You might have already seen in the table above that project-1 and project-2 share the same filename for their content text file (project.txt) and thus they also share the same template (project.php). This can be repeated of course with any other template and as often as you like. By giving your content files appropriate filenames you can very easily build a complex variety of custom and shared templates throughout your site.