hugo/docs/content/layout/templates.md

---
title: "Templates"
date: "2013-07-01"
aliases: ["/doc/templates/"]
---

Hugo uses the excellent golang html/template library for its template engine.
It is an extremely lightweight engine that provides a very small amount of
logic. In our experience that it is just the right amount of logic to be able
to create a good static website

If you are new to go's templates the [go template primer](/layout/go-templates)
is a great place to start.

## Template roles

There are 6 different kinds of templates that Hugo works with.

### [Homepage](/layout/homepage/)
The homepage of your site.

### [RSS](/layout/rss/)
Used to render all rss documents.

### [Index](/layout/indexes)
Page that list multiple pieces of content.

### [Content](/layout/content)
Templates to render a single piece of content.

### [Views](/layout/views)
Different ways of rendering each content type

### [Chrome](/layout/chrome)
Simply the decoration of your site.
Complete overhaul of the docs 2013-08-17 08:34:25 -04:00			`---`
			`title: "Templates"`
			`date: "2013-07-01"`
			`aliases: ["/doc/templates/"]`
			`---`

minor documentation cleanup. - changed it's -> its where appropriate. - added post/ parent directory above happy/ to the organization examples Signed-off-by: Noah Campbell <noahcampbell@gmail.com> 2013-09-29 22:37:29 -04:00			`Hugo uses the excellent golang html/template library for its template engine.`
Complete overhaul of the docs 2013-08-17 08:34:25 -04:00			`It is an extremely lightweight engine that provides a very small amount of`
			`logic. In our experience that it is just the right amount of logic to be able`
			`to create a good static website`

			`If you are new to go's templates the [go template primer](/layout/go-templates)`
			`is a great place to start.`

			`## Template roles`

			`There are 6 different kinds of templates that Hugo works with.`

			`### [Homepage](/layout/homepage/)`
			`The homepage of your site.`

			`### [RSS](/layout/rss/)`
			`Used to render all rss documents.`

Refactor layout selection code The render code path would use a fallback if there was an exception. This change instead relies on explicit declaration of the layout to use and includes a check to see if the layout indeed exists before attempting to render it. 2013-10-07 00:57:45 -04:00			`### [Index](/layout/indexes)`
Complete overhaul of the docs 2013-08-17 08:34:25 -04:00			`Page that list multiple pieces of content.`

			`### [Content](/layout/content)`
			`Templates to render a single piece of content.`

			`### [Views](/layout/views)`
			`Different ways of rendering each content type`

			`### [Chrome](/layout/chrome)`
			`Simply the decoration of your site.`