Drops

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
breadcrumbs	Array	the parent pages and the page itself
children	Array	the direct children
content_type	Content type	example: {{page.content_type.count }}
depth	Integer	the depth in the tree of pages
editable_elements	String	value of an editable element. syntax: page.editable_elements.<block names separated by a dot>.<slug of the editable element>. Example: {{ page.editable_elements.content.main.title }}
fullpath	String	the complete full path
handle	String	unique identifier for the page (useful for link_to for example)
listed	Boolean	true if the page is included in the menu
meta_description	String	description used for SEO purpose
meta_keywords	String	keywords used for SEO purpose
parent	Page	the parent page. Nil if the page is the root
published	Boolean	true if the page is published
redirect	Boolean	true if the page is a redirection.
redirect_url	String	URL to a remote or a local page.
sections_content	Array	content of global sections and standalone sections and respective blocks (doesn't output content of blocks within {% sections_dropzone %})
seo_title	String	alternative title for the page used for SEO purpose
slug	String	unique identifier for urls, the same as a permalink
templatized	Boolean	true if this page is a template
title	String	title of the page

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)