Missing template

A page needs a template that templates/ doesn’t have. The message names the file Statac looked for.

A page is built with the first of these:

1. the template its own layout: names, as layout: post;
2. the template its type: names, where templates/ has one;
3. a layout: handed down from its folder or statac.yaml, as pages.layout: post, unless the page speaks for a list;
4. home for the home page, folder for any other page that speaks for a list, and page for the rest.

A template’s {% extends "base" %} names another the same way. Each name is the file’s name in templates/ without .html.

What you’ll see

error  Missing template: there is no `templates/folder.html`
  Add the template, or choose another with `layout:`.
  More: https://statac.dev/e/missing-template/

In the terminal the message also names the file and line where there is one, and marks the exact text.

Why Statac stops

With no template, there is nothing to build the page with.

How to fix it

Add the template to templates/, or correct the name. When a template with a similar name is there, Statac offers it. To build a page with another template, write layout: on the page, or pages.layout: on its folder’s index.md.

Example

In content/posts/index.md:

---
pages.layout: psot
---

If the file is templates/post.html, write:

---
pages.layout: post
---

Its name

Name	missing-template
In the terminal	statac explain missing-template
To stop showing it	It stops the build, so it can't be quietened.