Content Frontmatter

Note

Work in progress. The information on this page is a copy paste result from old notes and documentation. Needs rewrite.

Using a canonical url

If you want to publish content that is already published on a different site you need to reference a canonical URL of the original content. By defining the canonicalUrl in the front matter definition the canonical url is set in the headers.

canonicalUrl: https://mydomain.com/path-to-the-oringinal-content/

Common Options

Key	Type	Description	Default
title	string	The title shown on the page and in metadata	Required
linktitle	string	Overrides the page title in menus and breadcrumbs	Uses title
summary	string	Custom page summary shown in list views	Auto-generated
description	string	Meta description for SEO and previews	Empty

Example: Disabling Breadcrumbs

disableBreadcrumbs = true

This removes the breadcrumb trail from a single page layout.

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Example: Custom Layout

layout = "project"

This loads layouts/_default/project.html or a corresponding type fallback.

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Example: Using linktitle

title = "My Long Page Title"
linktitle = "Short Name"

This helps keep breadcrumbs and menus short while using a full title on the page.

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Defaults & Fallbacks

Most fields are optional. When not set:

• linktitle falls back to title
• layout is inferred from type or content section
• summary is generated from the first paragraph
• description may be empty unless manually added
• disableBreadcrumbs is false unless set

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Notes

These values apply to all content types and can be overridden per page. Consider using Archetypes for pre-filled front matter in your content structure.