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Todd Tomlinson, Beginning Backdrop CMS, 10.1007/978-1-4842-1970-6_6

6. Creating Layouts

Todd Tomlinson

(1)Tigard, Oregon, USA

One of the powerful features of Backdrop is the Layout module. The Layout module provides the ability to create, manage, and control page structure on your Backdrop site. This chapter describes what layouts are, how to use them, the default layouts provided with Backdrop core, and how to create your own custom layouts.

Default Layouts

The Layout manager is included in Backdrop core and is enabled by default during the installation process. To access the Layouts administrative user interface, navigate to Structure ➤ Layouts.

During the installation process, the Layout module creates two layouts: a default ...

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