Use exp:layouts instead of the old helper scripts #

Scripts written against the old helpers keep working.

Life cycle: Migrate, example 13 of 34. Worked out on the Fit & Healthy site of Exponential 6.0.15+.

Contents #

1. In the Layouts editor
2. On the command line
3. Which to choose
4. Check

In the Layouts editor #

1. Copying a layout by hand in the editor is building it again; the import copy is faster.

On the command line #

1. Listing: exp:layouts list. Details: exp:layouts export --only=<identifier> and read layouts.json. Copying: export and import --strategy=copy.
2. Since explayouts 1.4.42 the ext:explayouts:* helpers run on their own again (-s <siteaccess> picks the siteaccess): ./console ext:explayouts:layout_info 2 prints ID: 2, Identifier: fd0aa7af77a85a03bf1080018f5db1dc, Name: Header / Footer.

Which to choose #

exp:layouts for export, import and copies between installations; the helpers for a quick look at one layout, block or collection.

Check #

• The scripts run without the old helpers.

Related pages #

• Known editor behaviors
• Export and import layouts
• Migrate examples, every page
• Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.