Update Twig templates overview for Contao 5.7 (DE+EN)#1729
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As of Contao 5.7, every .html5 template has a Twig equivalent and Twig is now the default standard. The section was updated to reflect this, explain the template resolution logic, and strengthen the recommendation to migrate away from HTML5 and legacy ce_* templates.
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As of Contao 5.7, every
.html5template has a Twig equivalent and Twig is now the default standard. The section "Twig templates in Contao core" was updated to reflect this:.html5template has a Twig equivalent and Twig is now the new standard.html5file in thetemplatesfolder takes precedencenews_full.html.twig/news_full.html5)ce_*.html5elementsce_*content elements.html.twigfile extension (dot was missing)