# Create a content template

When using the content field, everything starts with a template. Templates that should be used inside the content field must contain some additional meta data in the form of a Yaml preamble. Yaml is a simple language that allows us to write down structured data.

We will now create the root template of our content field. Create a new file named page-content.twig in your templates directory and paste the following code into it.

templates/page-content.twig

label: Page content template
fields:
  title:
    type: text
  body:
    type: redactor
---
<div class="container">
  {% if title.hasValue %}
    <h1>{{ title }}</h1>
  {% endif %}

  {{ body.html }}
</div>

Notice the yaml configuration above the twig template, all templates used by the content field must contain a section like this.

• The only required setting is the label, it contains the human readable name of the template.

• Most of the time you'll want to define one or more fields. The content field will parse those fields and generate a form in the control panel for editors to fill out. Most of the fields only require one mandatory option, the field type. As you can see, inside the twig template you can access the fields and output them.