Recent changes
Wednesday November 04 2026
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Change the header's user menu Updated Markdown page
The user menu (Sign in, Register, basket, administration ...) is pagelayout/header/user_menu.tpl and menu.ini [HeaderUserMenu].
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A different background per layout Updated Markdown page
Put a Column (with background color and container) as the first block of a zone to give one layout its own band style.
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exp:ini for site builders Updated Markdown page
The exp:ini commands a site builder needs for menus and theme settings - where, get, add, rem, clear, set, scopes, dry runs and backups - with the scopes of an installation.
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Export and import layouts Updated Markdown page
Move layouts between installations, keep them in version control and roll a layout back - exp:layouts list, export and import with dry runs and strategies, the .zip format, and the page cache after a command-line…
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Find a node ID Updated Markdown page
Menus, layouts and templates name pages by their node ID (location ID). Where the administration shows it, how to tell it from the object ID, and how to look a page up by ID, path or URL.
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Footer links from the content tree Updated Markdown page
Step by step with screenshots - add a link to the footer's second line by creating a Menu item in Media > Configuration > Footer links; no settings, no code, no cache clear. Also sorting, hiding and the special URLs the…
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Footer menu items Updated Markdown page
The Fit & Healthy footer has two link lines with two different sources - FooterMenuID in menu.ini (like the header) and the Footer links folder in the content tree. How to add to each, in the administration and by…
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Two ways to build, the words Updated Markdown page
The terms of layouts and templates as these pages use them - layout, layout type, zone, block, block definition, view type, item view type, collection, shared layout, linked zone, template block, design, design…
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Header menu and the content tree Updated Markdown page
What editors change in the header menu by working in the content tree - the item's text, its link, its place - and what needs the menu settings or a template change instead. The shipped menu is a fixed list, not a query.
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Header menu by command line Updated Markdown page
Add a page to the header menu with ./console exp:ini - see where the list is set, preview the change with --dry-run, write it, clear the caches. Real output from Exponential 6.0.15+.
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A header menu that follows the tree Updated Markdown page
The template way to a dynamic header menu - override main_menu.tpl in your design extension so the menu lists the children of the site root by class, then publish a folder and watch it appear. Tested code, settings and…
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Header menu in the administration Updated Markdown page
Step by step with screenshots - add a page to the header menu without code, through Setup > Ini settings, then clear the Template & content caches.
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Header menu troubleshooting Updated Markdown page
The new header menu item does not appear - the causes found on a real installation, in the order to check them - compiled template, page cache, wrong file or scope, wrong siteaccess, a node that cannot be fetched…
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How the footer is built Updated Markdown page
From the footer zone of the shared layout Header / Footer to pagelayout/footer.tpl and its three data sources - FooterMenuID, the site info object and the Footer links folder - with the real file paths.
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How the header is built Updated Markdown page
The whole chain from the shared layout Header / Footer to the menu - zone, template block, block template, the tpl_block_template() map, pagelayout/header.tpl, main_menu.tpl and menu.ini - with the real file paths of…
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Ini settings in the administration Updated Markdown page
The Setup > Ini settings pages - how they show the layers of an INI file, which file wins, how an array is edited, where a change is saved - the no-code tool behind the header and footer menus.
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Known editor behaviors Updated Markdown page
Behaviors of the Layouts editor and its tools seen while writing these pages on Exponential 6.0.15+, each with what was observed and how to work with it - view type changes, item positions, search in the content…
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Which layout does a page get? Updated Markdown page
Layout mappings decide which layout a page uses - targets (location, subtree, path), conditions (content class, siteaccess), priority and the first match. The real mappings of the Fit & Healthy site and what a page…
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The Layouts editor, a tour Updated Markdown page
Every part of the Layouts editor screen as it is in Exponential 6.0.15+ - the top bar, the block palette and its groups, zones, block headers, the properties panel with its Content and Design tabs, Discard, Cancel and…
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Manual and dynamic collections Updated Markdown page
The items of a List or Grid block come from a collection - hand-picked (manual) or a query on the content tree (dynamic, query types Exponential and Topics). How to switch, what the dynamic options are, and how the same…