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# Theme Layouts

## Layouts Folder File Structure

* layouts (The folder that contains layouts in your theme)
  * blog.cfm (Mandatory layout used for all blog views by convention)
  * pages.cfm (Mandatory layout used for all pages by convention)
  * maintenance.cfm (Optional used when in maintenance mode, else defaults to pages)
  * search.cfm (Optional used when doing searches, else defaults to pages)


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