Homepage Template

Homepage is a Page and therefore has all the page variables and site variables available for use.

Homepage Template Lookup Order

The lookup order for the homepage template is as follows:

1. /layouts/index.html
2. /layouts/_default/list.html
3. /themes/<THEME>/layouts/index.html
4. /themes/<THEME>/layouts/_default/list.html

Add Content and Front Matter to the Homepage

The homepage, similar to other list pages in Hugo, accepts content and front matter from an _index.md file. This file should live at the root of your content folder (i.e., content/_index.md). You can then add body copy and metadata to your homepage the way you would any other content file.

See the homepage template below or Content Organization for more information on the role of _index.md in adding content and front matter to list pages.

.Data.Pages on the Homepage

In addition to the standard page variables, the homepage template has access to all site content via .Data.Pages.

Example Homepage Template

The following is an example of a homepage template that uses partial, base templates, and a content file at content/_index.md to populate the {{.Title}} and {{.Content}} page variables.

{{ define "main" }}
    <main aria-role="main">
      <header class="homepage-header">
        <h1>{{.Title}}</h1>
        {{ with .Params.subtitle }}
        <span class="subtitle">{{.}}</span>
        {{ end }}
      </header>
      <div class="homepage-content">
        <!-- Note that the content for index.html, as a sort of list page, will pull from content/_index.md -->
        {{.Content}}
      </div>
      <div>
        <!-- Note that .Data.Pages is the equivalent of .Site.Pages on the homepage template. -->
        {{ range first 10 .Data.Pages }}
            {{ .Render "summary"}}
        {{ end }}
      </div>
    </main>
{{ end }}