Templates

A template is a slide layout with typed slots. You fill the slots, and the template handles the layout. Each thumbnail below shows the template's sample content with the build theme.

List them, with every slot and limit, from the command line:

bash

deckforge templates my-talk          # add --json for tools and scripts

Essentials

Simple slides with one point each, large type and no diagrams. They work best with the aurora theme.

**Cover** `cover`
Kicker, oversized headline, byline.

**Agenda** `agenda`
Up to six numbered chapters.

**Statement** `statement`
One sentence, set very large.

**Points** `points`
Up to four numbered rows.

**Split** `split`
Two plain columns: before/after.

**Metrics** `metric`
Up to three big numbers.

**Visual** `visual`
Full-bleed picture, one line.

**Closing** `closing`
Thanks, next step and a link.

Structure

**Title** `title`
Eyebrow, two-part headline, promise.

**Section** `section`
Chapter number and title.

**Resources & next step** `resources`
Resource groups and one action.

Diagrams

Use these slides to explain a system. A concept map and an implementation map share the same layout, so you can show the idea first and then the real components.

**Lifecycle** `lifecycle`
Three stages with owners.

**Problem → response** `zoom`
One problem, up to four responses.

Content

**Key points** `bullets`
Up to five points and a takeaway.

**Two columns** `two-column`
Compare two options side by side.

**Quote** `quote`
One quotation with attribution.

Media

**Image** `image`
One picture with a caption or panel.

**Image and text** `image-text`
Picture next to headline and points.

Pick or change a template in the editor

Add slide opens the picker with live previews in the current theme. Change in the inspector switches the template of the current slide. Slot values that the new template doesn't use are kept, and they come back if you switch again.

The template picker

Make your own

Use the Templates button in the editor, or add a .html file to <deck>/templates/. You can edit the front-matter, HTML and CSS with a live preview. Validation flags unknown slots and content that overflows the 1280×720 slide.

The template editor

The format is described in the template file reference.

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Pick or change a template in the editor ​

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