Variables
Cobalt makes a variety of data available as Liquid variables.
This is can be helpful for:
- Theming
- Easier maintenance for only having one place to update things
Example:
<html>
<head>
<title>{{ page.title }}</title>
</head>
<body>
{{ page.content }}
</body>
</html>
Global variables
Variable | Format | Description |
---|---|---|
site | Object | Site-wide information |
page | Object | Current-page information |
collection | Object | Built-in posts . |
Site Variables
Variable | Format | Description |
---|---|---|
site.title | String | The title of the entire site, see _cobalt.yml . |
site.description | String | The description of the entire site, see _cobalt.yml . |
site.base_url | String | The URL of your site, see _cobalt.yml . This is helpful for making absolute URLs, particularly when run within cobalt serve . |
site.data | Object | The merged result of _data and site: data . |
site.time | DateTime | A liquid_core::model::DateTime representing the time of the website re-generation. |
Page Variables
In the context of your page content:
Variable | Format | Description |
---|---|---|
page.permalink | String | Relative path to the page, see frontmatter. |
page.title | String | The title of the page, see frontmatter. |
page.slug | String | The identifier of the page, see frontmatter. |
page.description | String | The description of the page, see frontmatter. |
page.categories | List of Strings | Hierarchical categories this page lives under, see frontmatter. |
page.published_date | YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS TZ | The date the page was initially published, see frontmatter. |
page.is_draft | Boolean | See frontmatter. |
page.file.permalink | String | Relative path to the source file. |
page.collection | String | The slug of the page's collection. "posts" for posts. |
page.data | Object | User-defined data, see frontmatter. |
Additionally, in the context of your page layout:
Variable | Format | Description |
---|---|---|
page.content | String | The rendered page content (i.e. excludes the layout). |
page.excerpt | String | The rendered excerpt of a page, see excerpt / excerpt_separator . |
Collection Variables
Below, the built-in posts
collection is demonstrated.
Variable | Format | Description |
---|---|---|
collections.posts.title | String | The title of the posts collection, see _cobalt.yml . |
collections.posts.description | String | The description of the posts collection, see _cobalt.yml . |
collections.posts.slug | String | The identifier of the posts collection, see _cobalt.yml . |
collections.posts.rss | String | The permalink for the posts' RSS feed, see _cobalt.yml and RSS. |
collections.posts.jsonfeed | String | The permalink for the posts' RSS feed, see _cobalt.yml . |