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Global variables

Example

Display the current date

{{ today }}

List of all the global variables

Name

Type

Description

site

Site

current site. Can not be used by itself. Please refer to the properties of the site

page

Page

current page. Can not be used by itself. Please refer to the properties of the page

wagon

Boolean

True if the page is rendered by Wagon or not (i.e. Engine).

session

Hash

all the variables stored in the current session

params

Hash

all the GET params of the current request

host

String

host of the server (+ port if different from 80)

base_url

String

scheme (http or https) + host of the server (+ port if different from 80 or 443).

ip_address

String

IP Address of the computer doing the request

path

String

HTTP request path

fullpath

String

HTTP request full path (includes query string if present)

url

String

HTTP request url

http_method

String

HTTP request method

referer

String

Full path of referring page (includes query string if present)

head

Boolean

True if the request is a HTTP head

get

Boolean

True if the request is a HTTP get

post

Boolean

True if the request is a HTTP post

put

Boolean

True if the request is a HTTP put

delete

Boolean

True if the request is a HTTP delete

now

Time

current time (UTC)

today

Date

current date

locale

String

current locale

default_locale

String

default locale of the current site

locales

Array

all the locales handled by the current site

Site

Example

Display the name of the current site

{{ site.name }}

Attributes

Name

Type

Description

name

String

name of the site

index

Page

root page of the site

pages

Array

all the pages including even sub pages

domains

Array

list of all the domains the site answers for

seo_title

String

alternative title for the site used for SEO purpose

meta_keywords

String

keywords used for SEO purpose

meta_description

String

description used for SEO purpose

metafields

Collection

custom fields stored under custom namespaces (Syntax: {{ site.metafields.<namespace>.<field> }}); see Site metafields

Page

Example

Display the title of the current page

{{ page.title }}

Attributes

Name

Type

Description

title

String

title of the page

fullpath

String

the complete full path

slug

String

unique identifier for urls, the same as a permalink

handle

String

unique identifier for the page (useful for link_to for example)

parent

Page

the parent page. Nil if the page is the root

children

Array

the direct children

breadcrumbs

Array

the parent pages and the page itself

depth

Integer

the depth in the tree of pages

redirect

Boolean

true if the page is a redirection.

redirect_url

String

URL to a remote or a local page.

listed

Boolean

true if the page is included in the menu

published

Boolean

true if the page is published

seo_title

String

alternative title for the page used for SEO purpose

meta_keywords

String

keywords used for SEO purpose

meta_description

String

description used for SEO purpose

templatized

Boolean

true if this page is a template

content_type

Content type

example: {{page.content_type.count }}

editable_elements

String

value of an editable element.
syntax: page.editable_elements.<block names separated by a .>.<slug of the editable element>.
example:
{{ page.editable_elements.content.main.title }}

Content types

Example

Display the number of elements of the entries stored in the Projects model.

{{ contents.projects.size }}

Syntax

{{ contents.<name> }}

name is the slug attribute of your content type.

Attributes

Name

Type

Description

first

ContentEntry

First entry of the collection

last

ContentEntry

Last entry of the collection

empty

Boolean

True if the collection of entries is empty

any

Boolean

True if the collection of entries is NOT empty

size

Integer

The total number of entries

count

Integer

Alias for size

length

Integer

Alias for size

group_by_<field name>

Array

The field name is the name of a "Select" type field of the content type. The method returns an ordered Array of Hash. Each Hash stores 2 keys, name which is the name of the option and entries which is the list of the ordered entries for the option. The Array is ordered based on the order of the options set in the back-office.

<field name>_options

Array

The field name is the name of a "Select" type field of the content type. The method returns an ordered Array of available options.

Content entry

Example

Display the name of the first projects. "name" being one of the custom fields described in the content type "Projects".

{{ contents.projects.first.name }}

Attributes

Name

Type

Description

  • label

String

the label as displayed in the back-office to identify the entry

  • permalink

String

unique identifier for urls

  • slug

String

alias for _permalink

next

ContentEntry

the next entry for the parent content type based on the order defined in the back-office. Nil if no entry found

previous

ContentEntry

the next entry for the parent content type based on the order defined in the back-office. Nil if no entry found

seo_title

String

alternative title for the entry used for SEO purpose

meta_keywords

String

keywords used for SEO purpose

meta_description

String

description used for SEO purpose

created_at

Date

Entry creation date time (automatically set)