Front Matter

Learn how to use frontmatter in Hexo blog posts (as intended for use in this theme).

Front Matter

Front matter is the metadata section of Hexo blog posts and pages, usually located at the beginning of the Markdown file. It uses YAML format to define properties of the post or page, such as title, date, type, comments, etc.

Example

---
title:
date:
type:
comment:
cover:
katex:
reprint:
locate:
---

Front Matter Properties

Property	Type	Description
title	`string`	Required Page title
date	`datetime`	Required Page creation date
type	`string`	Required Required for about, links, friends, moments, toolbox pages
updated	`datetime`	Optional Page update date
desc	`string`	Optional Page description
aside	`boolean`	Optional Enable sidebar (default true)
comment	`boolean`	Optional Show comments module (default true)
cover	`string`	Optional Top image URL
reprint	`boolean`	Optional Copyright (default original); true for reprint
katex	`boolean`	Optional Enable katex (default false)
locate	`string`	Optional Article creation location
leftend	`string`	Optional Banner bottom left text
rightend	`string`	Optional Banner bottom right text
rightbtn	`string`	Optional Banner bottom right button text
rightbtnlink	`string`	Optional Banner bottom right button link
container	`boolean`	Optional Enable container (default true)

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