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    #Development

    To make the development of themes more efficient, it is recommended to install one of the Automad plugins for the editors listed below. Those plugins will add syntax highlighting for the Automad template engine as well as the most common snippets for autocompletion.

    Visual Studio Code

    There is an Automad extension in the Visual Studio Marketplace. Search for Automad Template Language in the extensions panel of your Visual Studio Code installation to install the extension.

    Atom

    To install the Automad Atom package, look for language-automad under Settings → Install in Atom.

    TextMate

    In case you use Textmate 2 or any editor compatible to .tmBundle files, you can download the Automad Bundle here.

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    Debugging — System

    During development of extensions it can be handy to see what Automad is doing. Therefore it is possible to send logging information to your browser's console. You can log any item, object or just a text notice using the following method in your extension or theme.

    Developer Guide

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    Building Themes — Developer Guide

    Themes are an essential part of a content management system. They define the way your content is presented to the visitors of your website. Automad's flexible and intuitive template language enables also inexperienced developers or beginners to create themes and templates on ...

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    Developing Extensions — Developer Guide

    The extension interface provides a convenient way of extending Automad's core functionality with custom PHP code while still offering Automad's template syntax. There are basically two types of template language extensions: generic extensions and custom pipe functions. Check out ...

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    Cheat Sheets — Developer Guide

    In case you prefer to start developing a theme or extension without reading the full documention, the cheat sheets below are a good point to start. In addition to this page there is also the theme skeleton package available to help you getting started.

    Headless Mode

    Activating the headless mode turns Automad into a back-end only content management system without a presentation layer that focuses entirely on content creation. While the Dashboard can still be used to manage content, all data and files are made accessible via a read-only JSON ...
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