Frontmatter

Using a canonical url
Common Options
Example: Disabling Breadcrumbs
Example: Custom Layout
Example: Using linktitle
Defaults & Fallbacks
Notes

Using a canonical url #

If you want to publish content that is already published on a different site you need to reference a canonical URL of the original content. By defining the canonicalUrl in the front matter definition the canonical url is set in the headers.

canonicalUrl: https://mydomain.com/path-to-the-original-content/

Common Options #

Key	Type	Description	Default
`title`	string	The title shown on the page and in metadata	Required
`linktitle`	string	Overrides the page title in menus and breadcrumbs	Uses `title`
`summary`	string	Custom page summary shown in list views	Auto-generated
`description`	string	Meta description for SEO and previews	Empty

Example: Disabling Breadcrumbs #

disableBreadcrumbs = true

This removes the breadcrumb trail from a single page layout.

Example: Custom Layout #

layout = "project"

This loads layouts/_default/project.html or a corresponding type fallback.

Example: Using `linktitle` #

title = "My Long Page Title"
linktitle = "Short Name"

This helps keep breadcrumbs and menus short while using a full title on the page.

Defaults & Fallbacks #

Most fields are optional. When not set:

linktitle falls back to title
layout is inferred from type or content section
summary is generated from the first paragraph
description may be empty unless manually added
disableBreadcrumbs is false unless set

Notes #

These values apply to all content types and can be overridden per page. Consider using Archetypes for pre-filled front matter in your content structure.