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Block B - Slot 6

Slot 6: 4:00 pm America/Los_Angeles - November 6, 2025

The layout system in Backdrop CMS is a powerful system for building custom pages. In this session, we'll walk through the process of creating custom layouts. 

Some topics we will include:

  • How layouts work
    • Visibility conditions
  • Blocks
    • Custom blocks
  • Flexible layout templates
  • Field blocks
  • Tips for managing your header and footer across many layouts
    • Mini Layouts
    • Copy Blocks module
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