ref: 50a7f97a628bd94c99033184eb743078c904503f
parent: f0634ec059c2f3ca13b439d46e0ae67a2a1ae5b9
author: spf13 <[email protected]>
date: Tue Jan 21 15:05:26 EST 2014
Updating page variable documentation (for templates).
--- a/docs/content/layout/variables.md
+++ b/docs/content/layout/variables.md
@@ -11,28 +11,44 @@
## Page Variables
+The following is a list of most of the accessible variables which can be
+defined for a piece of content. Many of these will be defined in the front
+matter, content or derived from file location.
+
**.Title** The title for the content.<br>
+**.Content** The content itself, defined below the front matter.<br>
+**.Summary** A generated summary of the content for easily showing a snippet in a summary view.<br>
**.Description** The description for the content.<br>
**.Keywords** The meta keywords for this content.<br>
**.Date** The date the content is published on.<br>
-**.Indexes** These will use the field name of the plural form of the index (see tags and categories above)<br>
+**.Type** The content [type](/content/types/) (eg. post)<br>
+**.Section** The [section](/content/sections/) this content belongs to<br>
**.Permalink** The Permanent link for this page.<br>
**.RelPermalink** The Relative permanent link for this page.<br>
**.LinkTitle** Access when creating links to this content. Will use linktitle if set in front-matter, else title<br>
-**.FuzzyWordCount** The approximate number of words in the content.<br>
+**.Indexes** These will use the field name of the plural form of the index (see tags and categories above)<br>
**.RSSLink** Link to the indexes' rss link <br>
**.Prev** Pointer to the previous content (based on pub date)<br>
**.Next** Pointer to the following content (based on pub date)<br>
+**.FuzzyWordCount** The approximate number of words in the content.<br>
+**.WordCount** The number of words in the content.<br>
+**.ReadingTime** The estimated time it takes to read the content in minutes.<br>
+**.Weight** Assigned weight (in the front matter) to this content, used in sorting.<br>
**.Site** See site variables below<br>
-**.Content** The content itself, defined below the front matter.<br>
-**.Summary** A generated summary of the content for easily showing a snippet in a summary view.<br>
-Any value defined in the front matter, including indexes will be made available under `.Params`.
-Take for example I'm using tags and categories as my indexes. The following would be how I would access them:
+<<<<<<< HEAD
+## Page Params
-**.Params.Tags** <br>
-**.Params.Categories** <br>
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+Any other value defined in the front matter, including indexes will be made available under `.Params`.
+Take for example I'm using tags and categories as my indexes. The following would be how I would access them:
+**.Params.tags** <br>
+**.Params.categories** <br>
+<br>
+**All Params are only accessible using all lowercase characters**<br>
+
## Node Variables
In Hugo a node is any page not rendered directly by a content file. This
includes indexes, lists and the homepage.
@@ -39,10 +55,10 @@
**.Title** The title for the content.<br>
**.Date** The date the content is published on.<br>
-**.Data** The data specific to this type of node.<br>
**.Permalink** The Permanent link for this node<br>
**.Url** The relative url for this node.<br>
**.RSSLink** Link to the indexes' rss link <br>
+**.Data** The data specific to this type of node.<br>
**.Site** See site variables below<br>
## Site Variables