Page Frontmatter

This reference guide describes page frontmatter fields in ./content/*.md files.

Example#

---
title: "Welcome to Doks"
description: "Discover how the Doks Hugo theme helps you build fast, modern, and searchable documentation sites with a clean UI, dark mode, and powerful extras."
summary: "Congrats on setting up a new Doks project!"
date: 2023-09-07T16:33:54+02:00
lastmod: 2026-02-16T16:10:57+01:00
draft: false
weight: 999

type: "docs" # Reuse layouts/docs/{list,single}.html for this section and its child pages.

cascade:
  type: "docs"

params:
  toc: false
---

title#

The page title used in rendered content and metadata. A string — for example "First Indexed Page".

description#

The page description used for metadata and previews. A string — default is "" (recommended to set).

summary#

The short summary used in lists and cards. A string — default is "" (recommended to set).

date#

The original publication date of the page. A datetime value.

lastmod#

The last modified date of the page. A datetime value.

draft#

Whether the page is excluded from production builds. A boolean — default is true in the archetype.

weight#

The sort order for pages within a section. A number — lower values sort first.

type#

The content type used to select the page layout. A string — for example "docs".

cascade#

Frontmatter values inherited by descendant pages. An object containing the fields to apply to child pages.

type#

The content type inherited by descendant pages. A string — for example "docs".

params#

toc#

Whether to show the table of contents on the page. A boolean — default is true.

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