explayouts

Written by Graham Brookins, 11/05/2026 Updated 11/05/2026 by Graham Brookins

Available since Exponential 6.0.15 (in development, not in a release yet).

Summary

Exponential Layouts - visual page builder for Exponential Legacy / Exponential 6

Properties

Property	Value
Directory	extension/explayouts
Name	Exponential Layouts
Version	1.4.50
License	GNU General Public License v2.0 (or any later version)
Website	https://github.com/se7enxweb/explayouts

Module explayouts

View	Parameters	Policy
block_edit	BlockID	explayouts/edit
dashboard	-	explayouts/read
layout_edit	LayoutID	explayouts/edit
layout_list	-	explayouts/read
layout_preview	LayoutID, Status	explayouts/read
rule_edit	RuleID	explayouts/edit
rule_list	-	explayouts/read
setup	-	explayouts/edit
template_editor	FilePath	explayouts/read, explayouts/edit

Policy functions: edit; read.

Source: extension/explayouts/modules/explayouts/module.php

Fetch functions

Function	Parameters	Calls	Summary
fetch( 'explayouts', 'admin_layout_cache_key' )	module (optional), view (optional)	expLayoutsFunctionCollection::adminLayoutCacheKey()
fetch( 'explayouts', 'admin_layouts_enabled' )	-	expLayoutsFunctionCollection::adminLayoutsEnabled()
fetch( 'explayouts', 'layout' )	identifier	expLayoutsFunctionCollection::fetchLayout()
fetch( 'explayouts', 'layout_summary_for_node' )	node_id	expLayoutsFunctionCollection::layoutSummaryForNode()
fetch( 'explayouts', 'resolve_admin_layout' )	module (optional), view (optional)	expLayoutsFunctionCollection::resolveAdminLayout()
fetch( 'explayouts', 'resolve_layout' )	path (optional)	expLayoutsFunctionCollection::resolveLayout()
fetch( 'explayouts', 'resolve_layout_for_node' )	node_id	expLayoutsFunctionCollection::resolveLayoutForNode()
fetch( 'explayouts', 'resolve_route_layout' )	-	expLayoutsFunctionCollection::resolveRouteLayout()	The layout of a page other than a content page, only when a rule with a route target (a module view) chose it
fetch( 'explayouts', 'rules_for_node' )	node_id	expLayoutsFunctionCollection::rulesForNode()

Template operators

Operator	Named parameters	Class
expl_first	0 (optional), 1 (optional)	ExplBlockOperator
expl_has	0 (optional), 1 (optional)	ExplBlockOperator
expl_parse	0 (optional), 1 (optional)	ExplBlockOperator
expl_strip	0 (optional), 1 (optional)	ExplBlockOperator
explayouts_safe_color	fallback (optional)	expLayoutsSafeValue
explayouts_safe_css_class	-	expLayoutsSafeValue
explayouts_safe_embed_url	-	expLayoutsSafeValue
explayouts_safe_tag	level (optional)	expLayoutsSafeValue
explayouts_safe_template_name	-	expLayoutsSafeValue
explayouts_safe_url	-	expLayoutsSafeValue

Template functions

Function	Class
explblock	ExplBlockFunction

Settings files

File	Groups
extension/explayouts/settings/admininterface.ini.append.php	[WindowControlsSettings], [AdditionalTab_layouts], [AdditionalTab_authors]
extension/explayouts/settings/content.ini.append.php	[ReverseRelationSettings]
extension/explayouts/settings/debugbar.ini.append.php	[DebugBarSettings], [Panel_explayouts]
extension/explayouts/settings/design.ini.append.php	[ExtensionSettings], [StylesheetSettings]
extension/explayouts/settings/explayouts.ini.append.php	[BlockSettings], [BlockDefinition_two_columns], [BlockDefinition_column], [BlockDefinition_tpl_block], [BlockDefinition_text], [BlockDefinition_title], [BlockDefinition_html], [BlockDefinition_rich_text], [BlockDefinition_image], [BlockDefinition_list], [BlockDefinition_single], [BlockDefinition_button], [BlockDefinition_spacer], [BlockDefinition_divider], [BlockDefinition_card], [BlockDefinition_accordion], [BlockDefinition_tabs], [BlockDefinition_grid], [BlockDefinition_gallery], [BlockDefinition_slider], [BlockDefinition_thumb_gallery], [BlockDefinition_grid_gallery], [BlockDefinition_sushi_bar], [BlockDefinition_list_zigzag], [BlockDefinition_list_accordion], [BlockDefinition_quote], [BlockDefinition_alert], [BlockDefinition_video], [BlockDefinition_badge], [BlockDefinition_progress], [BlockDefinition_map], [BlockDefinition_carousel], [BlockDefinition_markdown], [BlockDefinition_full_view], [BlockDefinition_hero], [BlockDefinition_about], [BlockDefinition_features], [BlockDefinition_lead], [BlockDefinition_logos], [BlockDefinition_three_columns], [BlockDefinition_four_columns], [BlockDefinition_exp_component_hero], [BlockDefinition_exp_component_features], [BlockDefinition_exp_component_about], [BlockDefinition_exp_component_logos], [BlockDefinition_exp_component_quote], [BlockDefinition_exp_component_lead], [QuerySettings], [QueryType_children], [QueryType_parent], [QueryType_subtree], [QueryType_siblings], [QueryType_latest], [QueryType_random], [QueryType_manual], [QueryType_exp_content_relation_list], [QueryType_exp_content_reverse_relation_list], [QueryType_exp_content_tags], [QueryType_exponential_content_search], [QueryType_content_by_topic], [AdminBlockSettings], [BlockDefinition_admin_logo], [BlockDefinition_admin_search], [BlockDefinition_admin_theme_switch], [BlockDefinition_admin_menu_button], [BlockDefinition_admin_sidebar_controls], [BlockDefinition_admin_sidebar_toggles], [BlockDefinition_admin_tab_menu], [BlockDefinition_admin_left_menu], [BlockDefinition_admin_content_tree], [BlockDefinition_admin_clear_cache], [BlockDefinition_admin_bookmarks], [BlockDefinition_admin_ui_switch], [BlockDefinition_admin_current_user], [BlockDefinition_admin_preferences], [BlockDefinition_admin_quick_settings], [BlockDefinition_admin_toolbar_right], [BlockDefinition_admin_toolbar_developer], [BlockDefinition_admin_breadcrumb], [BlockDefinition_admin_module_result], [BlockDefinition_admin_footer], [BlockDefinition_admin_popup_menu], [BlockDefinition_admin_overlay], [BlockDefinition_admin_debug_area], [LayoutType_1_column], [LayoutType_2_column], [LayoutType_3_column], [LayoutType_4_column], [LayoutType_hero], [LayoutType_sidebar_left], [LayoutType_sidebar_right], [LayoutType_featured], [LayoutType_mosaic], [LayoutType_layout_1], [LayoutType_layout_2], [LayoutType_layout_3], [LayoutType_layout_4], [LayoutType_layout_5], [LayoutType_layout_6], [LayoutType_admin_3col], [LayoutType_admin_2col], [LayoutType_admin_full], [DebugBarSettings], [AdminLayoutSettings], [TemplateEditorSettings], [ResolverSettings], [NexusNodeMap], [MarkdownSettings], [MapSettings], [PreviewSettings]
extension/explayouts/settings/ezjscore.ini.append.php	[ezjscServer], [ezjscServer_expajaxloadmore]
extension/explayouts/settings/ezxml.ini.append.php	[OutputSettings]
extension/explayouts/settings/menu.ini.append.php	-
extension/explayouts/settings/module.ini.append.php	[ModuleSettings]
extension/explayouts/settings/override.ini.append.php	[pdf_category], [pdf_recipe]
extension/explayouts/settings/site.ini.append.php	[TemplateSettings], [Event], [RegionalSettings]

Source

extension/explayouts (extension.xml, ezinfo.php, modules/*/module.php, modules/*/function_definition.php, autoloads/eztemplateautoload.php, datatypes/, eventtypes/, settings/)