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title: Glossary layout
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tags: [formatting, special-layouts]
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keywords: definitions, glossaries, terms, style guide
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last_updated: August 12, 2015
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summary: "Your glossary page can take advantage of definitions stored in a data file. This gives you the ability to reuse the same definition in multiple places. Additionally, you can use Bootstrap classes to arrange your definition list horizontally."
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You can create a glossary for your content. First create your glossary items in a data file such as glossary.yml.
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Then create a page and use definition list formatting, like this:
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```html
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<dl class="dl">
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<dt id="fractious">fractious</dt>
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<dd>{{site.data.glossary.fractious}}</dd>
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<dt id="gratuitous">gratuitous</dt>
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<dd>{{site.data.glossary.gratuitous}}</dd>
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<dt id="haughty">haughty</dt>
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<dd>{{site.data.glossary.haughty}}</dd>
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<dt id="gratuitous">gratuitous</dt>
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<dd>{{site.data.glossary.gratuitous}}</dd>
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<dt id="impertinent">impertinent</dt>
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<dd>{{site.data.glossary.impertinent}}</dd>
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<dt id="intrepid">intrepid</dt>
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<dd>{{site.data.glossary.intrepid}}</dd>
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</dl>
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```
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Here's what that looks like:
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<dl class="dl">
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<dt id="fractious">fractious</dt>
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<dd>{{site.data.glossary.fractious}}</dd>
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<dt id="gratuitous">gratuitous</dt>
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<dd>{{site.data.glossary.gratuitous}}</dd>
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<dt id="haughty">haughty</dt>
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<dd>{{site.data.glossary.haughty}}</dd>
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<dt id="benchmark_id">gratuitous</dt>
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<dd>{{site.data.glossary.gratuitous}}</dd>
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<dt id="impertinent">impertinent</dt>
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<dd>{{site.data.glossary.impertinent}}</dd>
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<dt id="intrepid">intrepid</dt>
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<dd>{{site.data.glossary.intrepid}}</dd>
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</dl>
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The glossary works well as a link in the top navigation bar.
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## Horizontally styled definiton lists
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You can also change the definition list (`dl`) class to `dl-horizontal`. This is a Bootstrap specific class. If you do, the styling looks like this:
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<dl class="dl-horizontal">
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<dt id="fractious">fractious</dt>
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<dd>{{site.data.glossary.fractious}}</dd>
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<dt id="gratuitous">gratuitous</dt>
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<dd>{{site.data.glossary.gratuitous}}</dd>
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<dt id="haughty">haughty</dt>
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<dd>{{site.data.glossary.haughty}}</dd>
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<dt id="benchmark_id">gratuitous</dt>
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<dd>{{site.data.glossary.gratuitous}}</dd>
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<dt id="impertinent">impertinent</dt>
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<dd>{{site.data.glossary.impertinent}}</dd>
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<dt id="intrepid">intrepid</dt>
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<dd>{{site.data.glossary.intrepid}}</dd>
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</dl>
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If you squish your screen small enough, at a certain breakpoint this style reverts to the regular `dl` class.
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Although I like the side-by-side view for shorter definitions, I found it problematic with longer definitions.
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