diff --git a/docs/content/en/content-management/archetypes.md b/docs/content/en/content-management/archetypes.md index ff4a2d783..3fc8a9f3f 100644 --- a/docs/content/en/content-management/archetypes.md +++ b/docs/content/en/content-management/archetypes.md @@ -70,6 +70,28 @@ It will create a new newsletter type of content file based on the archetype temp The above _newsletter type archetype_ illustrates the possibilities: The full Hugo `.Site` and all of Hugo's template funcs can be used in the archetype file. +## Directory based archetypes + +Since Hugo `0.49` you can use complete directories as archetype templates. Given this archetype directory: + +```bash +archetypes +├── default.md +└── post-bundle + ├── bio.md + ├── images + │ └── featured.jpg + └── index.md +``` + +```bash +hugo new --kind post-bundle post/my-post +``` + +Will create a new folder in `/content/post/my-post` with the same set of files as in the `post-bundle` archetypes folder. All content files (`index.md` etc.) can contain template logic, and will receive the correct `.Site` for the content's language. + + + [archetypes directory]: /getting-started/directory-structure/ [content types]: /content-management/types/ [front matter]: /content-management/front-matter/