---
title: "Homepage Templates"
date: "2013-07-01"
---
Home pages are of the type "node" and have all the [node
variables](/layout/variables/) available to use in the templates.
*This is the only required template for building a site and useful when
bootstrapping a new site and template.*
In addition to the standard node variables, the homepage has access to
all site content accessible from .Data.Pages
▾ layouts/
index.html
## example index.html
This content template is used for [spf13.com](http://spf13.com).
It makes use of [chrome templates](/layout/chrome)
{{ template "chrome/meta.html" . }}
{{ .Site.Title }}
{{ template "chrome/head_includes.html" . }}
{{ template "chrome/subheader.html" . }}
{{ range .Data.Pages }}
{{ .Render "summary"}}
{{ end }}