diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6ee631a79f7cc5783b04b9cd653cc4fcd354fabc..96689ef658d2eaedc46f44622f98ffcdf271c6e8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
*~
*.pyc
-*.html
+./*.html
.DS_Store
_site
diff --git a/_layouts/page.html b/_layouts/page.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2101ea9500f73ce874d876a9f9f61db04b7f7b88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_layouts/page.html
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+
+
+
+
+ $if(title-prefix)$$title-prefix$ - $endif$$pagetitle$
+ $header$
+
+
+ $banner$
+ $if(title)$$title$
$endif$
+ $body$
+ $footer$
+ $javascript$
+
+