Designing Static Sites with Eleventy Layouts

Creating consistent page structures across a static website shouldn't mean copying and pasting code. Eleventy layouts allow you to wrap your content in reusable templates, keeping your codebase dry and highly maintainable. This course guides you through the core concepts of Eleventy's templating engine, showing you how to define, nest, and manage layouts for any static web project. You will transition from writing repetitive HTML to architecting smart, scalable template hierarchies. What you'll learn: 1. Understand foundational static site generator concepts and how Eleventy structures projects. 2. Create reusable base layouts to wrap your content pages seamlessly. 3. Implement layout chaining to nest templates for complex page structures. 4. Manage page metadata and dynamic content using front matter and the Eleventy data cascade. 5. Configure modern Eleventy settings using JavaScript configuration files. 6. Apply semantic HTML and responsive structures within your template files. We begin with the foundational terminology of static site generators and the basic installation of Eleventy. From there, you will read through step-by-step written explanations and code examples, moving from simple single-file layouts to complex nested template systems. This course is designed for web developers, designers, and hobbyists who are new to Eleventy or static site generators. Familiarity with basic HTML and CSS is helpful, but no prior experience with Eleventy is required. Start building cleaner, faster static websites today by reading our comprehensive guide to Eleventy layouts.