Choose the layout type for a page type #

Pick the zones a new page type needs before creating its layout.

Life cycle: Plan, example 2 of 35. Worked out on the Fit & Healthy site of Exponential 6.0.15+.

Contents #

1. In the Layouts editor
2. With templates
3. Which to choose
4. Check

In the Layouts editor #

1. Layouts > Layouts > New layout shows the types: 1 column, 2 columns, 3 columns, 4 columns, Hero + 3 columns, Sidebar left, Sidebar right, Featured, Mosaic, Single zone, Header / Main / Footer, Header / Left / Right / Footer.
2. On the media theme, choose Header / Main / Footer or Header / Left / Right / Footer: the theme's explayouts/layout.tpl places the zones header and footer around <main> and arranges left and right for layout_4.

With templates #

1. The zones of each type are in extension/explayouts/settings/explayouts.ini.append.php, [LayoutType_<id>] Zones[]; a new type is a new block there plus its template.

Which to choose #

Use the two types the theme draws; a new type needs template work in the theme's layout template too.

Check #

• The new layout shows the zones you expect in the editor.

Related pages #

• Build a campaign page, start to finish
• Plan examples, every page
• Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.