# An Effective Twig Base Templating Setup

DevFeed: [An Effective Twig Base Templating Setup](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/an-effective-twig-base-templating-setup-31241.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nystudio107.com/blog/an-effective-twig-base-templating-setup>)

Author: andrew@nystudio107.com (Andrew Welch)

Published: 2019-11-21T01:29:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [nystudio107 | Articles on modern web development.](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/nystudio107-articles-on-modern-web-development.md>)

Topics: [Content Management System](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cms.md>), [Template](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/template.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Front end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frontend.md>)

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## AI overview

This tutorial presents a reusable Twig base templating setup for Craft CMS websites. It explains the role of Twig as a presentation layer and outlines desired capabilities, including reuse across projects, support for web pages and AJAX/XHR modals, core features with flexibility, and Google AMP pages when appropriate.

## Source excerpt

A good base templating setup for your Craft CMS Twig templates provides a stable, solid foundation on which to build your projects